Taliban Information and Culture Director Assassinated in Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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The director of information and culture in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province was assassinated by two gunmen as he returned to the provincial capital of Faizabad. The post Afghanistan: Gunmen assassinate official in northeastern Badakhshan province appeared first on in.gr.
Tragic Assassination in Badakhshan: Cultural Official Targeted
A provincial official, Zabihullah Amiri, was assassinated in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Amiri, head of the Information and Culture Department, was attacked on his commute to Fayzabad. One of the attackers was killed by Amiri's guards, while a search for the second suspect continues. The perpetrators remain unidentified.
Zabihullah Amiri, the Director of Information and Culture in Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan, which is under Taliban control, was killed in an armed attack while on his way to work. One of the attackers was killed in the ensuing shootout, and efforts have been launched to apprehend the other suspect.
In northeastern Afghanistan, resistance fighters attack the Taliban, but the Islamists continue to be stuck in the saddle.
Unidentified gunmen assassinated a senior local official of the Taliban's de facto government in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday, the Ministry of Information and Culture said in Kabul. In a statement, the ministry said Zabiullah Amiri, director of information and culture in Badakhshan province, was attacked by two gunmen as he was returning from the Baharak district to Faizabad, the provincial capital. The ministry's se…
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