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Afghanistan
Roadside bombs claim lives of policemen in Nangarhar, Ghor
2021-05-19
[KhaamaPress] Local officials in Ghor said Hamidullah Hassanzada, Police chief for PD2 of the provincial police HQ was killed along with one of his men in a roadside kaboom blast.

Zalmai Karimi, spokesperson for the Ghor governor said the incident took place in Kendwal area of Firuzkuh, the bucolic provincial capital.

According to Karimi three other security force members were also maimed in the incident.

Hassanzada was reportedly targeted by a roadside IED when he tried to prevent the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
from establishing new checkpoints.

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings...
a policeman was killed when an IED targeted a police vehicle in eastern 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 told local media that the earth-shattering kaboom happened in Jalalabad city when the vehicle of the police chief of PD8 was struck by a roadside kaboom.

The police chief was maimed, however, one of his bodyguards was killed in the incident, media reported.

In another security incident, security sources told the media that four members of one family were murdered by unidentified gunnies in Mitun village in the center of Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
A child was also among the victims, local media reported. An investigation is underway to determine the motive behind the attack as the family did not had any personal enmity.

These incidents come as Ministry of defense tweeted that 143 Taliban were killed during separate missions across Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.
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Jalalabad: 2021-05-04 Over 60 Taliban, 30 Soldiers Killed in Past Day's Violent Surge
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