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Unknown Gunmen Kill Tribal Elder in Eastern Afghanistan
The 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.. province in eastern Afghanistan, according to local sources. The tribal elder was reportedly shot and killed on Friday, August 6, according to reports by local media. The tribal leader’s name was Malek Jameel, and according to the local media, who cited their sources, he was forcefully taken out of his residence on Friday, August 5, by unidentified gunnies before being rubbed out. Sources claim that he was taken from his house on Friday night and his dead body was found the next morning. According to the source, the victim had no animosity against anyone, and it is still unknown who killed him and why. Furthermore, according to reports, locals blocked the Torkham-Jalalabad route for almost two hours in protest at the tribal elder’s death. The protesters called for justice and urged the security officials to apprehend the criminal(s) responsible for the crime. On Friday, another tribal elder was killed by unidentified attackers while performing morning prayers at a mosque in the Chaparhar district of the eastern Nangarhar province. According to the Taliban  ...Arabic for students... local officials, the victim, Mawlawi Mohammad Qayyum was rubbed out on Friday. The officials told the media that the motive of the murder is unknown, but an investigation is underway. In both incidents, no person, group, or organization has taken responsibility for the death of two influential tribal elders in Nangarhar province. Despite the assurances of the Taliban for the provision and maintaining the security of the Afghan people, crimes, and murders, in particular, have increased in different provinces of Afghanistan. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-08-07 |
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