Local officials have reported that a roadside mine explosion in Nangarhar killed and wounded 19 people.
Speaking to Reporterly, Nangarhar provincial governor’s spokesman said that, a Hilux type of vehicle carrying the guards of Malik Dehqan, a commander of Public Uprising Forces, was targeted with a roadside mine on Thursday morning around 9:30AM at “Ada Chaparhar” in the surrounding of PD4 of Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province.
Ahmad Farid further added that, in this incident a civilian was killed and 18 civilians including 3 guards of the commander were injured.
According to the Nangarhar provincial spokesman, no harm was posed to the commander of Public Uprising Forces.
