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TORKHAM: Chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Islam Pakistan Mangal Bagh was killed in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, Afghan officials said Thursday.
Nangarhar Governor Ziaul Haq Amarkhel confirmed the killing of Mangal Bagh in a bomb blast, along with his 13-year-old daughter and two security guards. He added that Mangal Bagh was involved in several terrorist attacks in the region. Mangal Bagh, also known as Mangal Bagh Afridi, was the head of the outlawed militant group Lashkar-i-Islam. He had led Lashkar-i-Islam since 2006 and was blamed for dozens of terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
