[Tolo News] A land mine killed the 19-year-old son of Kosan district's security director, Qadir Khan, in western Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province early Monday, local officials said.
The mine was placed near the door of Khan's house and went
kaboom!after he and his son, Tariq, were headed to the office, said Juma Gul Rahmani, the district governor.
Gov. Rahmani said that the mine was placed near the door of Khan's house on Sunday night. He added that Tariq was his father's driver, who was recently appointed as the security director.
He added that the police have begun investigating the kaboom.