The Taliban governor of the northern Afghan province of Balkh was killed together with two others in a blast that there via his workplace Thursday, police mentioned.
“Today around 9 a.m. a blast took place inside the second floor of the governor’s office, due to the blast (governor) Mawlawi Mohammad Dawood Muzamil has been killed with two civilians,” mentioned Mohammed Asif Waziri, Balkh’s police spokesperson.
“Two people, including Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the governor of Balkh, have been killed in an explosion this morning,” native police spokesman Asif Waziri informed AFP, including that the blast occurred on the second flooring of his workplace, within the provincial capital Mazar-i-Sharif.
“It was a suicide attack. We don’t have information as to how the suicide bomber reached the office of the governor,” he mentioned, including that two individuals have been additionally wounded.
The explosion occurred moments after the governor arrived in his workplace, mentioned Khairuddin, who was wounded within the incident and in a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif.
“There was a bang. I fell on the ground,” he informed AFP, including that he witnessed a pal lose a hand within the blast.
Muzammil was “martyred in an explosion by the enemies of Islam,” tweeted authorities spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid.
Muzammil was initially appointed governor of the jap province of Nangarhar, the place he led the struggle towards Daesh terrorists, earlier than being moved to Balkh final yr.
On Wednesday, he met two deputy prime ministers and different senior officers visiting Balkh to overview a serious irrigation challenge in northern Afghanistan, in response to a authorities assertion.
No group had but claimed accountability for the assault however fingers have been pointed on the Daesh terrorist group, which carried out a collection of lethal assaults in Afghanistan in current months, some on civilian targets and others on Taliban safety forces.
Violence throughout Afghanistan has dramatically dropped for the reason that Taliban seized management, however the safety state of affairs has once more deteriorated with the lethal Daesh assaults.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
