Kabul (Web Desk): Afghanistan's international umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari and seven members of his family killed in Nangarhar roadside bomb blast that occurred on Saturday.
Shocking news
— M.ibrahim Momand (@IbrahimReporter) October 3, 2020
Seven members of @ACBofficials elite Umpire #BismillahJanShinwari who officiated in many international matches has martyred in a road side bomb blast today in Shinwari district of Nangarhar.
The world T20 No 1 bowler Rashid Khan too belong to that district too. pic.twitter.com/kWCgBLtV8z
Officials said that at least 15 people were killed and more than 30 others were wounded in a car bomb attack that targeted a government building in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Saturday,
“The car bomb detonated at the entrance of the district headquarters building. Several armed attackers tried to enter the building after the attack but were killed by security forces,” the governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said.
The explosion hit an administrative building located in Ghani Khel district that also housed some military facilities, he said.
Obaidullah Shinwari, a member of the Nangahar provincial council, was reported as saying by Tolo news agency that at least eight of those killed were civilians.
