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Acting district chief among 2 killed in Afghanistan roadside bomb
PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Two local officials
including the acting district chief of Baraki Barak lost their lives in
Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province as their car ran over a mine planted by
militants on Saturday, a police spokesman said Sunday.
“Ainudin, the acting district chief for Baraki Barak district and Aziz
Rahman, the intelligence chief of the district, were on way to provincial
capital Pul-e-Alam on Saturday afternoon when their vehicle ran over a mine
planted by militants, leaving both the officials killed on the spot,” police
spokesman in the province Shah Poor Ahmadzai told Xinhua.
The official, however, blamed the enemies of peace, a reference to the
Taliban outfit for organizing the deadly roadside bombing.
Taliban militants who are active in parts of Logar province including the
restive Baraki Barak district and are largely relying on roadside and suicide
bombings, have yet to claim responsibility for targeting the two officials.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1253 hrs