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Taliban claim killing of Herat intelligence chief, AG
Akhtar Jamal
Islamabad—Taliban sources Monday claimed to have killed a provincial
Intelligence chief and an Attorney General in Herat province of
Afghanistan.
According to a Taliban source the two important Afghan officials
were killed Monday afternoon “at approximately 2.30 pm local Afghan
time.
The source claimed that both the officials were killed when a remote
control landmines set by Taliban in Adrashkan District near the
centre of Shendand District of Herat province exploded when their
vehicles were passing by.
It was said that “in the explosion the vehicle was completely
destroyed and both puppets the Intelligence Chief Abdul Karem and
Attorney General were killed.
Taliban also claimed that seven NATO personal were also killed when
their tank was blown up in Logar. Independent sources could not
confirm the Taliban claim.
