KABUL – Taliban police chief was killed and nearly a dozen others werewounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan’ Asadabad on Thursday.
Reports in Afghan media said the blast that occurred in the capital ofKunar province targeted the vehicle of Shigal’s police chief.
A physician at the local hospital told an Afghan news agency that a dozenpeople had been hospitalized following the injuries. He confirmed that theTaliban-appointed police chief Abdullah Irfan died in the hospital. Aschoolboy was also among the wounded citizens, he added.
Meanwhile, Taliban local leaders haven’t disclosed the details about theincident and no one has claimed the responsibility for the recent attack.
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Daesh has claimed a number of attacks on the Taliban in the past especiallyin this region of the war-ravaged country. The Taliban-led setup is alsofighting ISIS since its emergence in Afghanistan.
