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Ammunition blast kills 20 in eastern Afghanistan

Ammunition blast kills 20 in eastern Afghanistan
IRNA Explosion of ammunition killed 20 members of Taliban and injured 16 others in Nangarhar Province, eastern Afghanistan.

The accident happened when a group of civilians, governmental officials and members of Taliban gathered to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Nangarhar Governor Ataollah Khogiani said.

Based on some unofficial media, the accident was a terrorist attack.

The officials announced that the blast caused by a rocket inside a Taliban car.

Taliban has not yet claimed any responsibility.

This is while Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in a message declared a nine-day ceasefire in the country called for in a fatwa issued by Afghan ulema.

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan announces ceasefire from the 27th of Ramadan until the fifth day of Eid-ul-Fitr following the historic ruling [Fatwa] of the Afghan Ulema, he said.
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