Kabul - General Mohammed Daud Daud, the Afghan police commander for Afghanistan's northern region, was killed Saturday in a explosion that also injured the provincial governor for the northern Afghan province of Takhar, officials said.
The explosion took place in Taleqan, the provincial capital, as senior officials from the northern region, including German military officials, were at a meeting in governor's office, officials said.
'Yes the commander (Daud) was martyred in the blast,' Ahmad Hamid, Daud's personal secretary told the German Press Agency dpa. Another provincial official also confirmed Daud's death, but declined to be named.
Faiz Mohammad Tawhidi, spokesman for Abdul Jabar Taqw, the provincial governor, said Taqw was injured in the attack.
Zalmai Wessa, commander for Afghan national army forces in the northern region, said that he was in the meeting. As it ended, a suicide bomber struck.
He said Daud, Taqw and a German commander were all knocked over in the attack, with all receiving at least some injuries.
Daud, a former jihadi commander served for years as deputy interior minister before being appointed as the top commander for police forces in northern region.
Police commander dead, governor injured in Afghan attack - Monsters and Critics
The explosion took place in Taleqan, the provincial capital, as senior officials from the northern region, including German military officials, were at a meeting in governor's office, officials said.
'Yes the commander (Daud) was martyred in the blast,' Ahmad Hamid, Daud's personal secretary told the German Press Agency dpa. Another provincial official also confirmed Daud's death, but declined to be named.
Faiz Mohammad Tawhidi, spokesman for Abdul Jabar Taqw, the provincial governor, said Taqw was injured in the attack.
Zalmai Wessa, commander for Afghan national army forces in the northern region, said that he was in the meeting. As it ended, a suicide bomber struck.
He said Daud, Taqw and a German commander were all knocked over in the attack, with all receiving at least some injuries.
Daud, a former jihadi commander served for years as deputy interior minister before being appointed as the top commander for police forces in northern region.
Police commander dead, governor injured in Afghan attack - Monsters and Critics




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