{"id":15651,"date":"2026-02-20T01:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15651"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:07:46","slug":"massive-explosion-in-the-heart-of-takhar-taliban-ranger-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/massive-explosion-in-the-heart-of-takhar-taliban-ranger-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Explosion in the Heart of Takhar; Taliban Ranger Destroyed."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Massive Explosion in the Heart of Takhar; Taliban Ranger Destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to local sources, a powerful explosion shook the center of Taloqan around 2:30 PM on Thursday, 19 February 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources say a Ranger vehicle belonging to Abu Mohammad, son of a well-known Taliban commander in Takhar, was targeted by a planted bomb at a central city intersection.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local sources confirm that at least seven people, including two Taliban members, were seriously injured. The Ranger vehicle was completely destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources note that the explosion caused temporary chaos and widespread fear in the city center.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and the Taliban have remained silent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources warn that continued targeted attacks may indicate escalating insecurity or hidden rivalries among Taliban factions in northern Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to Taliban pressure, domestic media cannot freely report such incidents. Only foreign-based media with limited but active sources cover these events.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Massive Explosion in the Heart of Takhar; Taliban Ranger Destroyed. According to local sources, a powerful explosion shook the center of Taloqan around 2:30 PM on Thursday, 19 February 2026. Sources say a Ranger vehicle belonging to Abu Mohammad, son of a well-known Taliban commander in Takhar, was targeted by a planted bomb at a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15661,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15651\/revisions\/15661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}