{"id":102766,"date":"2017-05-17T04:19:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=102766"},"modified":"2017-05-17T04:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T08:19:03","slug":"gunmen-storm-media-compound-in-eastern-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/17\/gunmen-storm-media-compound-in-eastern-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen storm media compound in eastern Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gunmen stormed the provincial headquarters of Afghanistan’s state media in the eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, setting off clashes that are still underway, officials said. (Photo by MarsRover (en) – traced from “Map of Kabul, Afghanistan – CIA, 1980.jpg” using <\/a>InkScape, Public Domain,)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

KABUL \u2014 Gunmen stormed the provincial headquarters of Afghanistan’s state media in the eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, setting off clashes that are still underway, officials said.<\/p>\n

Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the attack began with an explosion, followed by a gun battle with Afghan security forces. He said there were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n

Pashtun Khan, an officer in the Nangarhar police chief’s office, confirmed the battle was underway near the state-run radio and television building in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, saying at least one attacker had been shot and killed.<\/p>\n

The state media building is close to the governor’s compound and a police station.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack. Both the Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate are active in Nangarhar, a mountainous province that borders Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, three civilians were killed in separate bomb blasts, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Qais Qadri, spokesman for the governor of eastern Kapisa province, said that two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in a bomb blast late Tuesday in the Nijrab district.<\/p>\n

Samim Khpolwak, spokesman for the governor of the southern Kandahar province, said a civilian was killed and 10 people were wounded, including three policemen, in a double bombing in the provincial capital. No one immediately claimed either attack. The Taliban have stepped up their attacks since announcing their spring offensive last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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