Taliban kill Afghan district governor, provincial official says

Tue, 07 Sep 2010

Kabul - Taliban insurgents killed a district governor and his bodyguard in an attack in northern Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.

Ahmad Seroor, the governor of Nahrin district in Baghlan province, was traveling through Baghlan-e-Markazi district on Monday night when Taliban insurgents ambushed his vehicle.

"The district chief and his bodyguard were killed in the attack," Munshi Abdul Majeed, the provincial governor, told the German Press Agency dpa.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, took responsibility for the attack.

Taliban militants are active in Baghlan and the neighboring province of Kunduz, where they have increased their insurgency in recent years after the fall of their regime in late 2001.

The northern region is relatively peaceful compared to southern and eastern provinces, the main power base for the militants.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/343024,governor-provincial-official-says.html.