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| Afghanistan | |
| Nangarhar Death Toll Climbs To 68 | |
| 2018-09-13 | |
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.. ’s provincial directorate of public health said on Wednesday the corpse count in Tuesday’s suicide kaboom had risen to 68. The attack happened on Tuesday afternoon when a jacket wallah detonated his explosives among a group of protesters calling for the removal of a local police commander Bilal Pacha. The protest was held on Jalalabad-Torkham Highway in Mohmand Dara district. The public health directorate said 128 others were maimed in the attack. The casualty toll increased overnight as a number of critically maimed protesters died from their injuries. The protestors had been calling for the dismissal of Pacha in Achin district, which is in the neighboring Mohmad Dara district. | |
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