ISIS Car Bomb Kills 26 in Afghanistan During Eid Holiday

ISIS Car Bomb Kills 26 in Afghanistan During Eid Holiday
An Afghan man mourns in a hospital after a car bomb, Jalalabad city, Afghanistan June 16, 2018. Reuters/Parwiz
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A car bomb killed at least 26 people on Saturday and wounded dozens more during an unprecedented ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar in Afghanistan, an official told Reuters.

Earlier in the day, unarmed Taliban members gathered in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and other cities to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting season—the Eid-al-Fitr (Eid) holiday, which began June 15—in a surprise three-day ceasefire announced by the Taliban.

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