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| 1 Civilian Killed, 4 Wounded in Nangarhar Blast |
| 2021-06-29 |
| [ToloNews] At least one civilian was killed and four more were maimed--including two women--in a blast that targeted a vehicle in the eastern province 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.. on Monday morning, local security officials said. The blast took place in PD5 of Jalalabad city, the capital of the province, when a vehicle was hit by a roadside mine, said Attaullah Khogyani, a front man for the provincial governor. "A man who had a rickshaw was killed and two women, a child and a man were maimed in the blast," he said, adding that "the maimed were taken to a nearby hospital." No group immediately grabbed credit for the blast. |
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