The incident occurred around 1:30 pm local time in Taluqan city, capital of the province, when a magnetic IED went
kaboom!against Mohammadi's car, Aseer said.
"Three other people were maimed in the blast," he said, adding that an investigation is ongoing.
No group including the Taliban
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has grabbed credit.
President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
in a statement condemned the blast in Balkh that targeted civilians, and also the liquidation of Mohammadi.
"Targeting religious scholars and killing civilians, especially children, is a crime against humanity and Islamic values, and shows that the Taliban does not believe in peace," the statement said.