(Last Updated On: January 30, 2021)
A Taliban tank bombing on a military base in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province killed 15 soldiers and wounded four others, security sources confirmed.
Sources say the attack was carried out using a military Humvee tank, and that Afghan forces prevented a second bombing, a truck bomb, from being detonated.
The explosion was carried out on Saturday morning in the Gandumak area of Shirzad district.
According to sources, 15 public protection unit soldiers from the defense ministry were killed and four others were injured in the attack.
The Nangarhar governor’s media and information office confirmed the attack but said eight public order soldiers lost their lives.
Gulshan Rafiq is a research associate at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI). She holds an MSc and MPhil degree in defence and strategic studies from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. Her research areas cover contemporary international affairs, traditional security threats and nuclear nonproliferation issues.
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan. PHOTO: FILE
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ISLAMABAD:
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