Afghan official: Roadside blast kills senior army commander

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Afghan official: Roadside blast kills senior army commander
November 30, 2019, 11:44 am

Afghan official: Roadside blast kills senior army commander

File photo of Afghan security personnel at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (File photo AP)

An Afghan official said a roadside bomb in the southern Helmand province has killed two security personnel, including a senior border commander.

Omar Zwak, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said on Saturday that the blast in the Marjah district wounded two other security officials and a local TV reporter when it struck a passing convoy.

The spokesman said the attack likely targeted Gen. Zahir Gul Muqbil, the army border unit commander who was killed in the explosion.

He added that a reporter with the Shamshad TV network, Sardar Mohammad Sarwary, was among the wounded, and had been accompanying security forces on an operation in Marjah.

Qari Yusouf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack. The militant group controls most districts in Helmand.

source: The Associated Press

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