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2021-02-12 Afghanistan
Nangarhar: 5 native UN security guards killed somehow, 2 others kaboomed; 2 more kabooms get 7 civilians

5 Security Personnel Killed in Attack While Escorting UN Convoy
[ToloNews] At least five personnel of the Afghan Directorate of Protection Service were killed while escorting a UN envoy on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway, the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirmed on Thursday night.

"The UN family in Afghanistan mourns the loss of five Afghan Directorate of Protection Service personnel in an incident today in Surobi District of Kabul. No UN personnel were hurt or vehicle affected in an attack which hit a DPS vehicle that was escorting a UN convoy," UNAMA tweeted.

The incident reportedly occurred in Tangi Abreshum area of Surobi district around 10 am on Thursday, security sources said.
In another incident in 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, two Afghan security members were maimed when a roadside kaboom targeted a National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
convoy.

String of IED blasts claim 2 civilians in Nangarhar
[KhaamaPress] Reports indicated, Two civilians were killed and five others were injured in Two separate explosions in Nangarhar on Thursday.

In the first incident, a vehicle was targeted by an IED in the Kama district of the province in which one civilian was killed and one individual ware wounded.

Another incident happened in Behsud district when a vehicle carrying passengers hit a Roadside bomb, killing 1 person and wounding four others.

No group including the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the incidents.
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