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| Nangarhar's director of counter-narcotics department wounded in explosion |
| 2015-08-26 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The director of the counter-narcotics department of 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 was targeted in a holy warrior attack this morning. Officials say a bomb was placed on roadside in Sarach-e-Ali Khan area of Behsoud District and when the director's vehicle reached there it went kaboom!. The kaboom left three people including the director maimed and the vehicle badly damaged. The two others are identified as an advisor to the governor and driver of this vehicle. No group had grabbed credit for the attack by the time this report was filed. Nangarhar's counter-narcotics department had seized more than 30,000 bullets for Kalashnikov in a vehicle and detained its driver during a raid earlier this week. Kalashnikov is the weapon that Taliban and other holy warrior groups mostly use. |
| Posted by:Fred |