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AFGHANISTAN-GOVERNOR-DEATH
Roadside bomb kills district governor in W. Afghanistan
FIROZ KOAH, Afghanistan, July 7, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – A district governor
was killed after his vehicle ran over a mine in Afghanistan’s western Ghor
province Saturday, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal Nizami said.
“A mine planted by militants on a road in Charsada district struck the
vehicle of district governor Mohammad Ibrahim today morning killing him on
the spot,” Nizami told Xinhua from provincial capital Firoz Koah.
The incident took place when the district governor was on the way to his
office, the official said.
The official did not rule out the involvement of Taliban in the bombing,
saying the Taliban insurgents often conduct subversive activities to
terrorize the people.
Taliban militants have yet to claim responsibility.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1340 hrs