...mindless ferocity in a turban...commander and his security guard in 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 of Afghanistan.
The provincial government in a statement said a kaboom triggered by a roadside kaboom, destroyed the vehicle of Mawlavi Zakir alias Mutmaeen, one of the commanders of Taliban.
The statement further added that the incident took place on Wednesday morning in Marki Khel area of Sherzad district.
The explosion killed the Taliban commander and his security guard but did not hurt anyone else, the statement added.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the incident so far.
The anti-government armed bully boyz including Talibs frequently use improvised bombs to target the security forces and government personnel.
However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
majority of such attacks inflict casualties or ordinary civilians while such attacks often kill or injure the murderous Moslems, specifically when the explosives go off prematurely.