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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Bomb Kills Afghan Governor, 3 Guards |
| 2011-09-07 |
| [An Nahar] An Afghan district governor and three of his guards were killed Tuesday when their vehicle was blown up in a Taliban roadside kaboom in the east of the country, an official said. Asil Khan Khogyani, the governor of Sherzad district in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province, was killed along with his guards while driving to work in the troubled region, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the provincial administration front man. "Asil Khan was killed in a roadside kaboom. Three of his guards, one of them also driving the car, were also killed," he added. Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahed, contacting Agence La Belle France Presse from "In a kaboom, the Sherzad district governor was murdered today," he said. Roadside bombs are the most commonly used weapon of the Taliban and are responsible for the bulk of military deaths in the U.S.-led coalition force and Afghan cops. The home-made devices are placed on dirt roads used by Afghan and foreign military forces and are often detonated remotely. |
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