RFE/RL Radio Free Afghanistan March 4, 2021 Afghan officials say a female doctor died in a bomb blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad in what appeared to be another targeted killing in the war-torn country. Elsewhere in Nangarhar Province, officials said on March 4 that seven civilians from Afghanistan’s mainly Shi’ite Hazara minority were
Radio Free Afghanistan February 2, 2021 A series of explosions has rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing at least three people as a wave of violence continues to sweep across the war-torn country. According to police on February 2, two people were killed when a vehicle in Kabul exploded, including Mohammad Atif, the head
By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 3, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A deadly Islamic State attack on a prison in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad has left at least 29 people dead and around 50 others wounded, including prisoners and security personnel. Authorities say the attack by the local IS chapter went well into Monday afternoon
Tolo News: At least two civilians—one of whom was a child–and three National Directorate of Security members were killed in a suicide attack on an NDS forces’ convoy in Jalalabad, a spokesman for the provincial governor, Attaullah Khogyani confirmed. The attack took place at approximately 2 pm in Jalalabad’s PD4 area after a suicide bomber detonated
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 18, 2019 At least one suicide bomber and several gunmen have attacked a government building in eastern Afghanistan, wounding 12 people, including a child and a woman, officials say. Attackers detonated explosives outside the building in Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar, said Ataullah Khogyani, the provincial
Press TV June 20, 2019 A roadside bomb targeted a pro-government militia vehicle in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday, June 20, killing at least one civilian, local officials said. Twenty people were also wounded, most of whom were civilians, a spokesman for Nangarhar Province governor, Ataullah Khogyani, said. No group has claimed responsibility
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 6, 2019 An Afghan official says the death toll of a militant attack on a construction company in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 17. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, said three militants stormed a construction company near the main airport in the provincial capital,
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 11, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A suicide blast Tuesday in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province killed at least 25 people and wounded about 60 others. A provincial government spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told VOA the bombing happened in the remote Mohmand Dara district. He anticipated the casualty toll to rise. Khogyani said the victims
Tolo News: The embassy said the decision has been made in reaction to provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat’s intervention in activities of the consulate. “The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul deeply regrets undue intervention of Governor Hayatullah Hayat in the functioning of the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Jalalabad is complete violation
VOA News July 28, 2018 A provincial government official in eastern Afghanistan said Saturday three staff members of a midwife training center were killed in an attack on the facility. Gunmen stormed the facility Saturday in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, and fought security forces for several hours. Provincial governor spokesman