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Afghanistan
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly attack in Nangarhar province
2019-03-08
Follow up to this report from yesterday.
[KhaamaPress] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has grabbed credit for the attack on a private construction firm 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.

Amaq News Agency, the pro-ISIS media outlet reported that the attack was carried out by snuffies affiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group.

According to reports, at least 16 people bit the dust during the attack which was carried out in the outskirts of Jalalabad city, the quiet provincial capital of Nangarhar.

The media office of Nangarhar had earlier reported that 11 workers of EBE Construction Firm bit the dust in the attack and 9 others have sustained injuries.

According to a statement released by the provincial government, a soldier of the Special Forces of Afghan Intelligence also lost his life in the attack.

The statement further added that five snuffies involved in the attack were also killed during the festivities with the security forces.
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