| Submit your comments on this article |
| Afghanistan |
| Twin bombs kill policeman, wound nine at Afghan checkpoint |
| 2013-05-16 |
[BETA.DAWN] An Afghan official says two bombs have went kaboom!at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in the country's east, killing at least one police officer. Nine people have been maimed in the blasts. The kabooms struck early on Wednesday in Jalalabad, the capital 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 first bomb maimed a policeman. The second was remotely detonated minutes later as police swarmed to the scene to secure it. It killed one police officer and maimed five coppers and three civilians. The governor's front man, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, says authorities are investigating how bully boyz were able to plant the bombs despite heavy security near the governor's compound. |
| Posted by:Fred |