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| NRC vehicle targeted in Jalalabad explosion |
| 2015-11-09 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A vehicle of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) was the target of a kaboom in capital of eastern 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 on Sunday morning. According to reports, the bomb was placed in a hand cart and went kaboom!when IRC vehicle was passing through the area in first sector of Jalalabad city around 10:00 am. Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesperson for Nangarhar police confirmed the blast. "Luckily it did not have casualties," he said. NRC also confirmed kaboom on one of its vehicles in Jalalabad city this morning. A statement released by the organization states that two employees were in the vehicle by the time of the blast and both of them have survived. No group has grabbed credit for today's kaboom on the welfare organization that provides legal assistance, education, shelter, WASH and emergency assistance to Afghan refugees returning to country. NRC which begun its welfare services in Afghanistan in 2002 also provides assistance to conflict and disaster-induced Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). |
| Posted by:Fred |