Blast kills two children in Nangarhar.A roadside bomb blast killed two children in Khogyani district Khogyani is a district in the south of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering on Pakistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 146,852 in 2002, of whom 58,700 were children under 12. of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, an official said. A spokesman for the provincial governor, Ahmad Zai Abdulzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast ripped through a civilian's tractor tractor, in agriculture, vehicle used to pull such equipment as plows, cultivators, and mowers; to power stationary devices such as saws and winches; and to push snowplows and earth-moving implements. at 11am, killing two children and wounding as many others in Zawa area. No one has so far been arrested and detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: in connection to the blast, but the case is under investigation, he said. A doctor at Khogyani civil hospital, Abdul Qudoos, said the two wounded children were brought to the hospital with one in a critical condition. Three months ago, a vehicle of a road construction company struck a roadside bomb elsewhere in the district, wounding three workers. Copyright Pajhwok Afghan News. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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