Times of Islamabad

Afghanistan Governor comes under deadly car bomb blast

Afghanistan Governor comes under deadly car bomb blast

*KABUL – Afghanistan Governor of Maidan Wardak Province comes under deadlycar bomb blast.*

*At least three policemen were killed, and two of the governor’s securityguards were wounded, in a car bomb in Maidan Shahr, capital of MaidanWardak province, sources said.*

The incident occurred at approximately 2:30 pm in Maidan Shahr while theprovincial governor, Muzafaruddin Yemen, was attending an event at thepolice station in the city center; however, the governor was not injured,said Mohibullah Sharifzai, a spokesman for the governor, TOLO News hasreported.

Sharifzai also said that the governor’s bodyguards were not injured, butother sources claim that two were wounded.