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| Afghanistan |
| Explosion in Jalalabad city in East of Afghanistan |
| 2018-02-21 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] An kaboom rocked the picturesque provincial capital of 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.. Jalalabad city at around noon time today leaving a number of people dead or maimed. Provincial governor’s front man Attaullah Khogyani confirmed that the incident has taken place in the vicinity of the 2nd police district of the city. There are no reports available regarding the type of the kaboom but a local official confirmed that three people were killed in the kaboom. The official further added that a number of people were also maimed in the kaboom but the exact number has not been ascertained. No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the incident. This comes as a group of gunnies launched a coordinated attack on Save the Children office in the 3rd police district of Jalalabad city nearly a month ago. According to the local officials, the attack was carried out by a group of five gunnies with one of them initially detonating a vehicle packed with the explosives near the NGO office. The officials said, the remaining four forces of Evil started festivities with the security forces that lasted for several hours before all of them were rubbed out. At least four people including two employees of the NGO along with one of its security guards and an Afghan cops member were killed and twenty five others were maimed, the officials added. |
| Posted by:Fred |