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| 45 rockets fired on Nangarhar from other side of Durand Line: Khogyani |
| 2017-05-19 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least forty five rockets fired from the other side of Durand Line landed 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 of Afghanistan, the local officials said Thursday. Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani said the rockets were fired on Wednesday and landed in Lalpur district. Khogyani further added that the rockets landed in Rina Parcha areas but the attack did not incur any casualties to the local residents. The eastern provinces of Afghanistan including Kunar, Nuristan, and Nangarhar provinces have been subject to indiscriminate artillery shelling from the other side of Durand Line during the past several years. The persistent rocket attacks have incurred casualties to the residents of the three provinces besides hundreds of families have been forced to flee the area. |
| Posted by:Fred |