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Afghanistan
Four Killed, Two Wounded in Gunmen Attacks in Nangarhar
2021-02-17
[ToloNews] Four people, including a police force member, were killed in two separate attacks by unidentified button men in the city of Jalalabad city, the center of 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, on Tuesday morning, security sources said.

The first incident happened at around 07:40 am local time in Jalalabad’s PD3 after button men opened fire on a police vehicle in which one policeman was killed and two others were maimed, according to sources.

The button men beat feet from the area, the sources said.

The second incident happened 20 minutes later after unidentified button men attacked a vehicle in Jalalabad's PD4 in which three people were killed, the sources said.

A source in Jalalabad hospital said two coppers and a doctor are the victims of the second attack.

Local officials have not commented on the attacks.

No group has grabbed credit for the attacks.
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Jalalabad: 2021-02-12 Nangarhar: 5 native UN security guards killed somehow, 2 others kaboomed; 2 more kabooms get 7 civilians
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Nangarhar: 2021-02-12 Nangarhar: 5 native UN security guards killed somehow, 2 others kaboomed; 2 more kabooms get 7 civilians
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