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An explosion hit the center of Jalalabad City, in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people, including several Sikh minorities, provincial government officials said. 19659002]. Jalalabad Hospital, Damaged Shops and Buildings around Mukhaberat Square in the City, said Governor Attaullah Khogyani's spokesman
A politician representing the minority Sikh community was killed in the town. ;explosion.
Ghulam Sanayi Stanekzai, police chief of Nangarhar, said the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber who had targeted a vehicle carrying members. The Sikh minority traveling to meet the president
The authorities said that at least 10 of the dead were Sikhs.
Afghanistan is a predominantly Muslim nation but a small number of Hindus and Sikhs remain in the country.
A seat in the Afghan parliament is reserved for a member of the small Sikh and Hindu communities of the country
but an increasing number of Sikhs and Hindus have moved to India, their spiritual homeland, because of persecution and repeated threats. 19659014] Officials of the Indian Embbady in Kabul confirmed the death of ten Sikhs and sentenced the "terrorist attack" in Jalalabad
"The attack underlines the need for a fight united world against international terrorism without discrimination and the embbady of India said on Twitter
Inaamullah Miakhel, spokesman of the provincial health department of Nangarhar, said that 20 people had been injured
Officials said the total losses could have been even higher if much of the city had not been stranded for Ghani's visit.He was not in the area when the explosion took place. Is produced.
There was no no immediate responsibility claim for the blast, the latest in a series to hit Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar, where fighters of the Islamic State have established a strong presence. The attack highlighted the fragility of security in Afghanistan after the brief ceasefire last month between government forces and the Taliban.
The three-day truce did not include the Islamic State fighting government forces and the Taliban. and who showed no sign of abandoning his campaign of violence.
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