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District Governor Wounded in Bomb Blast in Nangarhar
[ToloNews] Sharifullah Fazli, the district governor of Kama, and two of his security guards were maimed in a blast in the eastern province of NangarharThe unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. on Thursday morning, a security official, who wished not to be named, said. The incident happened in Behsud district in Nangarhar province when a magnetic IED bomb attached to the district governor's vehicle exploded, the source said. Local officials have not commented on the incident. No group has grabbed credit for the blast. Related: Behsud district: 2021-05-20 ANDSF kills more than 250 Taliban in 24 hrs: MoD Behsud district: 2021-04-09 AAF raid kills Taliban shadow district governor, deputy intelligence chief in Wardak Behsud district: 2021-04-05 Behsud Incident: Alipoor Continues to Evade Arrest Related: Nangarhar: 2021-05-26 41 captives rescued, many al-Qaeda affiliates killed by ANDSF Nangarhar: 2021-05-25 Fighting Persists in Laghman Despite Clearing Operations Nangarhar: 2021-05-25 ANDSF freed captured security personnel, repelled Taliban attacks Posted by: trailing wife 2021-05-28 |
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