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| Mother, two sons arrested on terrorism charges in Nangarhar |
| 2016-01-05 |
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Security forces have nabbedInto the paddy wagon wit' yez! a woman and her two sons on terrorism charges 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. Police say the woman and one of her teen-aged sons were arrested with a magnetic bomb, pistol, three magazines and 120 bullets from the jurisdiction of Jalalabad city, capital of Nangarhar. Nangarhar Police Chief Fazal Ahmad Shirzad told news hounds during a presser on Monday that another son of the same woman was detained before exploding a landmine in Behsood District. Shirzad said security forces have also arrested an important member of Taliban during a separate raid from the jurisdiction of Jalalabad city. He did not name the Taliban member but said that weapons, ammunition and kabooms were previously recovered from his resident. Nangarhar has become the hot spot of Lion of Islam groups in the eastern part of the country. So far, these groups operate mostly in the province's far flung areas but they try to reach out to the quiet provincial capital. |
| Posted by:Fred |