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Blasts kill 16 in northern Afghanistan; mostly women, girls
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Afghan officials said Thursday that separate explosions in the country’s north killed at least 16 people, almost all of them women and maiden of tender yearss.A roadside kaboom struck a civilian vehicle going to a wedding Wednesday evening, killing at least 15 people including six women, six girls and two infants, as well as the male driver, according to Nasrat Rahimi, an Interior Ministry front man. He said two other civilians were maimed in the blast in northeastern Kunduz province. Hours later, a shootout and explosion at a security checkpoint killed at least one policeman, said Mohammad Nooragha Faizi, a police front man in northern Sari Pul province. He said murderous Moslems in a vehicle carrying explosives were stopped at the checkpoint Thursday morning, then opened fire to cover their escape. Faizi said they apparently detonated the explosives remotely after getting away, although an investigation was ongoing. The Interior Ministry blames the Taliban  ...Arabic for students... for the two attacks. The bad boy group has not commented. A statement from the office of Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... said US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley met with Ghani in Kabul on Thursday and reassured him the US remained committed to fighting terrorism. Last Tuesday, the Taliban freed an American and an Australian held hostage since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures. The bad boy group said the swap could help rekindle peace negotiations. US-Taliban peace talks collapsed in September. The Taliban control or hold sway over half of Afghanistan, staging near-daily attacks that target Afghan forces and government officials but also kill scores of civilians. Premature car bomb explosion damages 10 houses, injures 13 civilians in Sar-e Pul [KhaamaPress] A Taliban  ...Arabic for students... boom-mobile went off prematurely in a residential area in northern Sar-e Pul province of Afghanistan which damaged 10 houses and injured 13 civilians, the Afghan military said. According to a statement released by 209th Shaheen Corps in the North, the Talibs were looking to carry out a car kaboom using a Jeep vehicle packed with explosives. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... the Afghan forces identified the boom-mobile before the faceless myrmidons could drive it to the picturesque provincial capital where they wanted to detonate it. The statement further added that a clash broke out after along Sayad district highway after the Afghan forces traced the boom-mobile which went off prematurely. The explosion damaged ten houses and injured at least 13 residents of the area, the 209th Shaheen Corps added in its statement. The Taliban group has not commented in this regard so far. Related: Kunduz: 2019-11-27 26 Taliban militants killed in Special Forces raids in 3 provinces Kunduz: 2019-11-27 220 Telecom Towers Destroyed in Eight Months: ATRA Kunduz: 2019-11-26 Afghan Forces Operations Have Increased: Officials Related: Sari Pul: 2019-05-29 Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, four policemen Sari Pul: 2018-12-06 District police chief killed in Taiban attack in Sari Pul Sari Pul: 2018-11-15 Senior Taliban leaders killed, wounded in a deadly infighting in Sari Pul Related: Mark Milley: 2019-11-23 Report: Navy Secretary, SEAL Leader Threaten To Resign If Trump Blocks Plan To Expel Gallagher Mark Milley: 2019-11-16 U.S. Flexes Naval Muscle in the Taiwan Strait Mark Milley: 2019-11-14 500 - 600 US troops to remain in Syria Related: Ashraf Ghani: 2019-11-27 Ghani slams Afghan spy agency over handling of child abuse claims Ashraf Ghani: 2019-11-23 Washington supports India’s continued involvement in Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani: 2019-11-23 Adib Fahim steps down as deputy chief of the Afghan intelligence Posted by: Fred 2019-11-29 |
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