Suicide Bombing In Eastern Afghanistan Leaves Nine Dead
[ToloNews] At least nine people were killed and 11 others maimed in a suicide kaboom that targeted a security check post in Jalalabad city in the eastern province of 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..
on Thursday afternoon.
Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s front man, said the suicide kaboom happened in Jalalabad’s Police District Six in Familiha area.
He said that it is not known whether the victims are military or civilians.
President Ghani condemned today’s suicide kaboom in Jalalabad and said "terrorists" cannot face the Afghan cops on the battlefield, therefore, they target Afghan civilians, the Presidential Palace said in a statement.
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Unknown gunmen kill religious cleric in Nangarhar province
[KhaamaPress] Unidentified button men have assassinated a religious holy man and teacher 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 Nangarhar governor’s office in a statement said Wednesday that unknown button men killed Mawlavi Saifullah in Koz Kunar district earlier today.
The statement further added that the button men rubbed out Mawlavi Safiullah at around 5 am local time as he was on his way home from the mosque.
The governor’s office also added that the button men used a gun with a silencer to assassinate Mawlavi Saifullah.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit for the attack.
More than 30 Taliban prisoners released from Nangarhar prison
[KhaamaPress] The authorities have released more than 30 Taliban
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prisoners from the central prison of 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.
The Nangarhar governor’s office in a statement said the authorities released the Taliban prisoners in accordance with a presidential decree.
The statement further added that 32 Taliban prisoners were set free from the central prison of Nangarhar.
The governor’s office also added that 2,300 people including women are currently serving in Nangarhar central prison.
The statement also added that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..had ordered the release of 887 Taliban prisoners on the eve of Eid al-Fitr.
The release of Taliban prisoners has attracted mixed reactions from the people as some believe that released Taliban group members would return to battlefield.
However,
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the authorities are saying that they release the prisoners after proper security screening.