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| Nangarhar MP Targeted by Suicide Bomber |
| 2014-01-31 |
| [Tolo News] Two suicide kabooms occurred in eastern Nangarhar 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 Thursday morning. One resulted in the deaths of two Afghan National Police (ANP) officers and the other, an effort to target a member of the House of Representatives, was thwarted. "The first jacket wallah detonated his explosives near a police check point in the Pecheragam District of Nangarhar, and as a result two ANP officers were killed," Nangarhar Police Chief Colonel Afzal Sherzad said. "The second incident occurred when a suicide bomber was trying to make his way into Fraidoon Momand's house, a House of Representative member, but was killed before reaching his target." The bomber who targeted the MP was noticed and fired upon by the house's security guards, so he detonated his explosives too soon to cause any casualties. Fellow Nangarhar MP, Zabiullah Zemarai, commented on the attack, indicating his suspicion that foreign intelligence services were behind the attack. "The foreign intelligence services of neighboring countries had a hand in this," Zemarai said. "Neighboring countries don't want peace and stability in Afghanistan." Afghan officials have been known to launch such accusations against Pakistain, often claiming the ISI - Pak's intelligence office - of supporting and orchestrating myrmidon activities from behind the scenes in order to undermine the Karzai government and get a better foothold in Afghanistan. Although Pakistain has denied these allegations repeatedly, most international, even Pak political and security experts have agreed that intelligence and military elements within the Pak government have aided the Taliban insurgency in the past, if not still today. On Thursday, another suicide attack took place in the Gereshk District of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province. The bomber reportedly targeted a foreign convoy, resulting in the death of a Danish citizen and injuries to two others. |
| Posted by:Fred |