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 Wednesday morning, the provincial governor's front man Attaullah Khogyani said.
The blast occurred in the Bargeno area of PD4 in Jalalabad city, the capital of the province, while a security forces convoy was passing the area, Khogyani said.
"There are no reports of security force member casualties in the blast yet," he said.
No group, including the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men..., has grabbed credit for the blast.