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 Thursday morning, the provincial police front man Farid Khan said.
The incident happened at around 7:30 am local time in Jalalabad's District 3, he said.
Basina, the policewoman, was first maimed in the attack and died in hospital, said Khan.
"She served in police rank for the last 15 years and the incident happened when she was on her way to the police headquarters," he said, adding that "two suspected were arrested over the incident."
No group, including the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban..., has grabbed credit for the attack.
Targeted attacks have sharply increased in Nangarhar province. Kabul and Nangarhar provinces have been the most affected provinces during this period in terms of assassinations.
Afghan government officials say the Taliban are behind these attacks; however, the Taliban has persistently rejected any involvement.