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..
, local authorities confirmed.
Attaullah Khogyani, front man to the Nangarhar Governor, said among the victims are three civilians who bore injuring during the one-hour festivities.
The festivities begin as Pak forces started to violate the international border, according to Khogyani.
In May, at least four Afghan border forces were killed in a similar shootouts in Spin Boldak district in southern province of Kandahar, leaving 23 injured.
According to the Afghan Defense Ministry, on July 31 at least nine non-combatants were killed and 50 others were maimed in Pak forces artillery attacks on "residential areas" in Spin Boldak district.
The clash came hours after a telephonic conversation between Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and Pakistain’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood
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...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...who stressed his country’s support to the Afghan grinding of the peace processor, according to a statement by Foreign Affairs Ministry as reported by local media.