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Afghanistan
Suicide bomber killed in car bombing in East of Afghanistan
2017-04-11
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A jacket wallah was the only one killed in a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack 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 of Afghanistan.

The Provincial government media office in a statement said an kaboom took place in the vicinity of Marko Bazaar in Ghani Khel district earlier today.

The statement further added that kaboom resulted into the death of the suicide bomber only and no other casualties were inflicted.

The suicide bomber who was riding a Suzuki Alto type vehicle packed with explosives was looking to target the counter-narcotics campaign team.

The kaboom took place near the compound of the campaign team, the statement said, adding that only a vehicle belonging to the campaign was destroyed in the attack.

This comes as deadly boom-mobileing plot was foiled by the Afghan cops in this province yesterday.

Posted by:Fred

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