Afghanistan Military General killed by Afghan Taliban: Report
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KABUL - Afghanistan Military General killed by Afghan Taliban.
Brig. Gen. Zahirgul Muqbil, an army regiment commander of Afghan border forces, was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Marjah district, Helmand province on Saturday morning, the provincial governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak said.
Zwak said three security force members and a local journalist were wounded in the attack.
The forces were heading to a military operation in Marjah district when their humvee hit a roadside bomb, he said.
Shamshad TV network, based in Kabul, confirmed in a tweet that their local reporter Mohammad Sarwari was wounded in the blast.
