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Taliban fighters bask a vessel thrust successful the Qargha dam, outskirt of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban authoritative says a roadside weaponry has deed a Taliban car successful the superior of eastbound Nangarhar state wounding astatine slightest 1 person.

No 1 instantly claimed work for the bombing Saturday. The Islamic State radical affiliate, which is headquartered successful eastbound Afghanistan, has said it was down akin attacks successful Jalalabad past week that killed 12 people.

Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Hanif said the idiosyncratic wounded successful the onslaught is simply a municipal worker.

An authoritative astatine Nangarhar provincial infirmary said the weaponry killed a Taliban militant and wounded 7 others, including 4 civilians. He spoke connected information of anonymity arsenic helium was not allowed to talk to media.

The Taliban person battled with IS since its emergence successful Afghanistan successful 2014. The burgeoning IS affiliate has claimed work for astir caller attacks, including the horrific bombing extracurricular the Kabul airdrome that killed 13 U.S. work unit and 169 Afghans during past month’s chaotic evacuations.

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