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A bomb attack on Tuesday morning in Afghanistan hit a pbadenger bus and killed at least 11 people, while a coordinated attack in the east of the country led to shootings with troops Afghan. According to the authorities, the attack in the province of Farah, in the west of the country, took place in Bala Buluk district and wounded 31 civilians, including women and children.
The bus was linking Herat province to the capital Kabul when it was hit by the bomb near the road, according to Abdul Jabar Shahiq, head of Farah's health department. The details of the attack in the east of the country are still incomplete, we only know that there was a coordinated attack in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province, according to local authorities [19659003ZabihullahZemaraiamemberoftheProvincialCouncilreportedthattherewasafirstcarbomb-probablyusingakamikaze-nearthehospitalandthecity'shealthdepartmentfollowedbyashootoutAttahullahKhogyaniaspokesmanforthegovernoroftheprovincethinksthatthetargetwouldbetheprovincialdepartmentofrefugeesandrepatriationlocatedinthesamearea
Khogyani did not specify the losses or injuries after the clashes. Until now, no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Taliban and the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) have been active in Nangarhar.
The Taliban are also very present in Farah, especially in Bula Buluk, where they often place bombs near the road.
Farah has been the scene of violent conflict in recent months with the local government and tribal elders in Afghanistan.
In May, about 300 Taliban fighters launched a multi-pronged attack on Farah, killing at least 25 elements of the army. The latest UN report shows that the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan during the first half of the year has increased by 1% compared to the same period of 2017, with 1,692 violent deaths.
Since the end of the United States NATO presence in the country in 2014 that the Taliban have increased the number of attacks, such as the IE, whose attacks have cost life to dozens of civilians.
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