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Afghanistan
8 killed, 18 wounded in Nangarhar suicide car bomb explosion
2016-05-11
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A heavy kaboom rocked 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 in eastern Afghanistan after a jacket wallah detonated a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) in Nazian district.

Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the incident but did not disclose further information regarding the casualties of the incident.

Another security official said the suicide bomber detonated a VBIED near the residence of a public uprising forces commander.

The official further added that 8 people including women and kiddies were killed in the attack and 18 others were maimed.

No group including the Talibs has so far grabbed credit behind the incident.

Taliban Lions of Islam and Lions of Islam loyal to 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 are actively operating in a number of remote districts of Nangarhar province.

Numerous local residents have picked up arms to fight the growing insurgency specifically the Taliban Lions of Islam and ISIS loyalists in this province.
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