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| 20 Civilians Killed, 50 More Injured in Nangarhar Suicide Attack |
| 2012-09-05 |
| [Tolo News] At least 20 non-combatants were killed and more than 50 others were maimed in a suicide kaboom 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 on Tuesday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) said. The attack took place about 3:00PM local time in the province's Dur Ba Ba district when a jacket wallah detonated his explosives at the funeral ceremony, the MOI said in a statement. All the victims are civilians, provincial front man Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told TOLOnews. Among the injured who were taken to the nearby hospital for treatment were district governor Haji Hamisha Gul and his brother, Abdulzai said. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... one of Gul's sons was killed. Gul has been the governor of Dur Ba Ba district for two years and is a well-known person in the district. No group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the attack. The attack comes just three days after a double suicide kaboom in the Sayed Abad district of central-eastern Maiden Wardak province killed at least 14 people and injured scores of others, with some estimates put at around 60. Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid grabbed credit for the attack, which he said was targeting the US base nearby. The dead and most of the injured were Afghan civilians. |
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| #1 In exchange for Shabeer? |
| Posted by: Neville Hatrack3598 2012-09-05 01:42 |