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2020-10-15 Afghanistan
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Laghman Blast Claims 2, Injures Six
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[KhaamaPress] A magnetic mine went kaboom! on a police vehicle in Mehtarlam, the capital of Laghman
 ...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman .The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property. After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
province, killing two people and injuring six others.
A front man for Laghman’s governor, Asadullah Dawlatzai told media, that the blast took place Wednesday morning at the provincial police headquarters, killing eight people.
This comes despite the recent increase in the number of sticky mine blasts in Laghman province.
In an interview with BBC, Nader Nadery Afghan peace negotiator said, "It is unacceptable for our people to be suffering the way they have suffered these past three weeks with increased violence,".
He added, if the bloodshed continues, Afghanistan might have to reassess whether "talking" whilst "fighting" is reasonable or not.
Previously, the governor and the head of the provincial council were also targeted in similar incidents, the governor safely escaped the blast, but the head of the provincial council was killed from attaining heavy injuries. 
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Posted by trailing wife 2020-10-15 00:50||
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