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| Landmine blast leaves five civilians wounded, one killed in Nangarhar’s Khogyani district |
| 2016-02-28 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A kaboom has killed one person and maimed five others in Khogyani district of 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. Local officials say the bomb was planted on a road side in Kaga Bazaar area and that all of the victims of the incident are civilians. Two victims with minor injuries were treated at the medical facility in the district but three others who sustained life threatening injuries were shifted to Nangarhar Regional Hospital in Jalalabad. No group has so far grabbed credit for Friday’s kaboom but security agencies have launched an investigation into the incident. Talibs who plant IEDs on road sides as one of their tools in their fight have a strong presence in this district . |
| Posted by:Fred |