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.
Reports indicate he has lost a cousin, including two of her children and a nephew in the blast.
Two of his other minor aged relatives were maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom that took the lives of more than 15 individuals.
Shinwari is said to have been in Kabul during the time of the incident. He is a well-known international cricket council registered umpire.
He has reportedly officiated many international matches, twenty tournaments and ODIs.
It is reported that his entire family including his mother and father live close to the area, where the incident occurred, where many innocent lives were taken.
Presidential Palace released a statement in regards to the blast saying, "The Taliban
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and other terrorist groups, in collusion with them, continue their terrorist activities and, like today’s terrorist attack in Nangarhar, kill civilians every day and destroy public infrastructures."