KABUL (Reuters) - A blast hit a gathering of Taliban and Afghan security officials, meeting to celebrate the end of Ramadan fasting season, in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday, officials said.
Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar, said casualties were feared. No further details were immediately available.
Dozens of unarmed Taliban militants entered cities on Saturday to celebrate an unprecedented ceasefire.
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I was dreading it and suspecting it since the ceasefire was announced that Daesh will sabotage it with a terror attack
and Alas
as expected my dreadful prediction and worry came true and so many innocent lives are lost and many fold are wounded some grievously . losing possibly their limbs or vision and ability to lead a normal life
Alas such dreadful could not be stopped knowing too well that this newly installed toy after Middle eastern experiment has been airlifted into this unfortunate country to use it Against Afghanistan and Pakistan
since Daesh has purposefully targeted this peaceful meeting and the eid celebration so
both the Afghan regime and Taliban have to stop their fight with each other and get rid of this menace since both know they cant eliminate each other and have to come to terms of peace whereas Daesh has no interest of peace or no strength to setup a caliphate like in Raqqa so all it will do is commit some devastating attacks
I know some will blame taliban of double gaming and part of dissident taliban factions of playing their hand in this attack and that wont be entirely untrue. the most violent and vile terrorists have always looked for new groups for more violence and carnage whenever they were not satisfied with the peace initiatives of their leaders
I also blame Americans for killing of Mullah Mansoor who had firm control over taliban forces and was willing to negotiate and if we go further back blame the Northern Alliance and Afghan intelligence for deliberately announcing the death of Mullah Umer when the peace talks were taking place and covering the initial phases with success. but those moments are lost at the cost of heavy toll of human misery in Afghanistan and Pakistan due to continued terrorism and emergence of Daesh.
if Taliban care for future of Afghanistan and if the current Kabul regime has any care for the people of Afghanistan then they must announce permanent peace and individually target daesh (in case joining in the fight against Daesh is unthinkable),.
It is India that is behind ISIS as Iran and ISIS are enemies from Syria to Iraq to Afghanistan.
I know Pakistan is not supporting Taliban they being supported by Iran and Iran support them because India is building Dams in Afghanistan that will stop water to Iran.
Chabahar is just a name it has no importance. If there was no Chabahar India would have used port Bandr Abbas for trade to Afghanistan what then? The main problem is India is trying to dominate fresh water in the region to deny Iran and Pakistan both water they need. India is funding the construction of Dams in Afghanistan which hurt Iran and in Kashmir India is building dams to hurt Pakistan.
the Iranian support of Afghan taliban is very limited I have only seen some evidence of weapons supply to taliban when the ISAAF forces were in Afghanistan., Pakistan may not be supporting taliban but channels of communication are open with them to get the peace process going.
Daesh is a very toxic mix to this part of the world and whoever has installed it in this part of the world has no regard for Afghanistan Iran and Pakistan.
but they dont want Taliban included in any settlement
Iran will also see ceasefire as a threat , the india-iran nexus wants to perpetuate the conflict , the conflict has benefited these two states the most
why Iran will see cease fire as threat? its very close to Kabul regime and is repeadetly blamed by UK/ US for supporting Taliban and remember that the attack is claimed by Daesh
Unless if you have an opinion that Iranians are suicidal and just want to destroy their country by supporting the dogs of hell then please make an argument beyond a statement.
the same Daesh that has been fighting Iranian forces in Iraq and Syria. Daesh is far more deadlier enemy of shia iran then Al Qaeda and taliban. Daesh is here to cause Balkanization and Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the targets,
