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| At least five killed, 27 wounded in Afghan triple bombing |
| 2016-11-26 |
| [Al Ahram] At least five people were killed and 27 others maimed in a triple bombing in eastern Afghanistan's 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 Friday, provincial officials said. There was no claim of responsibility for the three bombings in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, which is a hotbed of IS militancy. "Five people were martyred in three kabooms in different parts of Jalalabad of Nangarhar province this morning," provincial front man Ataullah Khogyani told AFP. Khogyani said the first blast was a roadside kaboom which detonated outside the house of a senior prison official, Abdul Hakim, killing him and a child and wounding six others. The second blast came outside the fire brigade office -- from where the first rescuers are usually dispatched after an attack -- killing three and wounding 21. Khogyani said the third blast came as people gathered at Hakim's house after the first blast, but there were no casualties. Dr Najib Kamawal, director of the Nangarhar civil hospital confirmed the toll. |
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