KABUL – Qamaruddin Shakib, the deputy governor for Logar province, waskilled in a Taliban ambush in Mohammad Agha district, Logar policeconfirmed Thursday.

Akbar Stanikzai, a parliament member, said the incident occurred onThursday afternoon in Waghjan bazar in the Kolangar area close to thecapital of Logar province. Shakib had apparently been on his way to Kabul,TOLO News has reported.

Officials said that Salim Saleh, the governor’s spokesman, a judge and fourof Shakib’s body guards were also wounded in the ambush.

Taliban has not comment about the attack.