in Afghanistan's eastern province of NangarharThe 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..
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Provincial police front man Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal said on Tuesday that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) struck an area the previous day in the Samso locality, located between Lal Pur and Bati Kot districts of the province.