Several Afghan Youths Wounded After Rocket Hits Koran Reciting Competition
April 26, 2021
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An Afghan provincial governor says 16 people, mostly young boys and teenagers, were wounded after a rocket landed in his office compound in the eastern province of Kunar.
Governor Mohammad Iqbal Saeed told RFE/RL that the attack in the provincial capital, Asadabad, took place at 9:30 a.m. local time on April 26 as a Koran reciting competition was under way between Islamic religious school students.
He said that those wounded included 14 madrasah students and teachers, as well two security officers.
The wounded students were between the ages of 10 and 18, according to a local RFE/RL reporter.
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MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. Around 40 artillery shells have been fired from Pakistan into Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province located on the border between the two states, Pajhwok News Agency reported Thursday.
According to the agency, 38 artillery shells exploded in the Goshta District of northeastern Nangarhar Province. No reports of victims or destruction have emerged so far.
On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s 1TV informed that the Pakistani army launched 50 missiles into the Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. Then, Kunar Governor Mohammad Iqbal Saeed pointed out that the Sheltan District on the border with Pakistan had been targeted. The governor also informed that significant material damage had been caused to the district’s residents. He failed to
At least 50 rockets fired from Pakistan landed in Afghanistan’s Kunar
Sun Online Desk
3rd February, 2021 05:01:03
At least 50 rockets, which were fired from Pakistan since Monday night, landed in Shelton district of Kunar province of Afghanistan, said provincial governor Mohammad Iqbal Saeed.
The rockets have caused “financial damage to local residents”, Tolo News quoted the provincial governor as saying.
The Pakistani and Afghan governments often accuse each other of initiating fire in the border region, where terrorist groups are often interlinked on both sides of the border, according to Al Jazeera.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are divided by Durand Line. It is a 2,400 km (1,500-mile) frontier with villages straddling the border and mosques and houses having one door in Pakistan and another in Afghanistan.
Kunar [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): At least 50 rockets, which were fired from Pakistan since Monday night, landed in Shelton district of Kunar province of Afghanistan, said provincial governor Mohammad Iqbal Saeed.
The rockets have caused financial damage to local residents , Tolo News quoted the provincial governor as saying.
The Pakistani and Afghan governments often accuse each other of initiating fire in the border region, where terrorist groups are often interlinked on both sides of the border, according to Al Jazeera.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are divided by Durand Line. It is a 2,400 km (1,500-mile) frontier with villages straddling the border and mosques and houses having one door in Pakistan and another in Afghanistan.
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