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 on Friday, local officials confirmed.
"Very Islamic"
Attaullah Khogyani, a front man for the provincial governor told Ariana News that the incident took place in the Haska Mina district of the province.
Khogyani added that the explosives were placed inside the mosque and went
kaboom!when worshipers were at the Friday prayers, causing the roof of mosque to collapse on them.
He said the maimed individuals were transferred to the local hospitals.
No individual or group has immediately grabbed credit for the attack.
The Taliban
...Arabic for
students...
murderous Moslem group in a statement condemned the attack, accusing Afghan government or ISIS
...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...fighters of carrying it out.
| Update from Ynet at 10:45 p.m. EDT: |
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