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 this afternoon.
According to reports, the incident took place as a large gathering was underway in support of President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..Provincial government front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the incident took place in the vicinity of the 1st police district of the city.
He said at least six people were killed and thirteen others were maimed in the kaboom.
Earlier, preliminary reports indicate at least five people have been killed and around ten others have sustained injuries.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the incident although both ISIS and Taliban
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turbans are active in some remote parts of the province.
This comes as at least two people were killed and five others were maimed in back to back kabooms in Jalalabad city on Saturday.
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