Bomber kills provincial police chief in Afghanistan
A terrorist wearing a face-covering garment has detonated a bomb in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, killing himself and an influential provincial police chief, officials say.
The Wednesday attack led to the death of the police chief in central Uruzgan Province, Matiullah Khan, who had worked closely with NATO troops during their combat mission, Afghanistan's Ministry of the Interior said on Thursday.
Dost Mohammad, a spokesman for the governor of Uruzgan, announced that last night, Matiullah Khan was targeted by a bomb attack in Kabul and killed.
General Farid Afzali, head of the criminal police in Kabul, also confirmed the attack.
The Taliban terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
According to Afghan officials, no civilian was harmed in the attack.
Meanwhile, at least seven people lost their lives and 41 others injured in a car bomb blast by Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand on Wednesday.
Afghanistan continues to grapple with insecurity months after the US-led combat mission ended on December 31, 2014.
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The military offensive removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues across the country.
At least 13,500 foreign forces, mainly from the United States, have remained in Afghanistan in what the US is calling a support mission.
US-led NATO says the forces will focus mainly on counterterrorism and training Afghan soldiers as well as police officers.
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