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1st LD Writethru: Blast against police van wounds 1 in E. Afghanistan

Xinhua, January 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

One personnel of Border Police Force sustained injuries on Saturday in a blast targeted police van in Jalalabad city, capital of the eastern Nangarhar province 120 km east of Kabul, provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal said. "It was a sticky bomb which attached on a vehicle of Border Police Force and went off at around 11:00 a.m. local time today in 5th police district of Jalalabad city injuring one police," Mashriqiwal told reporters.

He blamed the enemies of peace, a reference to the Taliban militants, for organizing the blast, saying the enemies by organizing subversive activities attempt to terrorize the people.

Meantime, an official on the condition of anonymity said that the blast claimed the lives of two personnel of the border police force and injured another.

Taliban militants who are largely relying on suicide attack, roadside and sticky bombings have yet to claim responsibility for the bombing. Endi