[KhaamaPress] A suicide kaboom rocked Jalalabad city, the picturesque provincial capital of eastern NangarharThe 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 of Afghanistan.
The provincial government media office in a statement said an Afghan army soldier, Mohammad Omar, identified and grabbed a jacket wallah during a search which resulted into an kaboom.
The statement further added that the brave act of the Afghan army soldier resulted into prevention of further casualties to the people in the area.
However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
the provincial government said at least five people including four army soldiers sustained injuries in the kaboom.
Earlier reports indicated that the incident has taken place close to an army outpost close to Puli Behsud area and as a result at least one person has been killed and three others have sustained injuries.
Provincial public health officials had earlier confirmed that the dead body one person has been shifted to the hospital along with three others who have sustained injuries.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the incident so far.