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Afghanistan: Blast targets Taliban vehicle in Nangarhar, child dies

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 19 Sep 2021

Afghanistan: Blast targets Taliban vehicle in Nangarhar, child dies

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Nangarhar: A blast rocked Afghanistan's Nangarhar region on Sunday which left a child dead and two people, including a Taliban forces member,  injured, media reports said on Monday.

Bilal Karimi, a deputy of Taliban official Zabihullah Mujahid, confirmed to TOLOnews that the explosion hit a Taliban forces vehicle. 

According to Karimi, the explosion targeted the vehicle in PD5 of Jalalabad city, the provincial center of Nangarhar. 

Karimi said a child was killed and two people, including a member of the Taliban forces, were injured.

No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.