Afghan governor killed in Taliban attack

Tue Sep 6, 2011

An Afghan governor and his three guards have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar.

The incident took place on Tuesday when Asil Khan Khogyani, the governor of Sherzad district, was heading to work, AFP reported.

"Asil Khan was killed in a roadside bomb attack. Three of his guards, one of them also driving the car, were also killed," said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the provincial administration spokesman.

Taliban has claimed responsibility for the assault.

"In a bomb attack, the Sherzad district governor was murdered today," said Zabihullah Mujahed, the spokesman for the militant group.

Another roadside bombing attack on Tuesday left at least five Afghan National Army soldiers dead and wounded several others in the northwestern province of Badghis.

No group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on soldiers.

The roadside bombs or the improvised explosive devices are Taliban's weapons of choice against US-led foreign troops, Afghan government officials as well as civilians.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.com/detail/197804.html.