Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 18 Nov 2018, 02:58 pm Print
Kabul: A district chief and intelligence director in Afghanistan were killed in a bomb blast in the country's central Logar province, media reports said on Sunday.
The deceased persons were district chief and intelligence director for Baraki Barak district, reports said.
Police spokesman Shapoor Ahmadzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place in Sherwaza area of Pul-i-Alam City, the provincial capital when the officials heading to office on Saturday evening.
He told the Afghanistan-based news agency that the district’s administrative chief Ainuddin Amin and NDS head Aziz Rahman were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in struck a roadside bomb.
He said the bomb was planted by Taliban insurgents.
The group has claimed responsibility for the blast.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the group’s spokesman, claimed that district chief, intelligence director and several bodyguards were killed in the bombing, reported Pajhwok Afghan News.
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