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Afghanistan
Mini Truck packed with explosives goes off close to Bagram Airfield
2020-03-23
[KhaamaPress] A Mini Truck packed explosives went off close to Bagram Airfield in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan late on Saturday night, the local officials said.

Mohammad Mahfuz, the Police Chief of Parwan said the Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device went off at around 8 pm local time.

He also added that the security forces opened fire on the vehicle after its driver ignored the call to stop in the check post.

According to Mahfuz, the earth-shattering kaboom did not inflict casualties on any one else.

The officials in the Ministry of Interior confirmed that the Lions of Islam were looking to ram the explosives laden Dyna mini truck into Bagram Airfield.

The anti-government armed Lions of Islam including Taliban
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have not commented regarding the incident so far.
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