[Tolo News] At least one civilian and a policeman were killed and another civilian injured in a kaboom in eastern NangarharThe 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 early Saturday, local officials said.
The incident happened around 9 a.m. in Jalalabad, the capital of the province, after a bomb that was placed inside a cycle of violence went
kaboom!in the area, said Abdul Raouf Uruzgani, a police official in Jalalabad.
"One civilian and a policeman were killed and a 10-year-old boy was injured in the blast," he said.
The victims have been taken to a nearby hospital and police have started investigations about the blast, he added.