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Afghanistan’s Taliban governor killed in an explosion: Report | World news
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province was killed in an explosion at his office on Wednesday, police said. “Two people, including Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the governor of Balkh, were killed in an explosion this morning,” regional police spokesman Asif Waziri told AFP.
It is unclear what caused the explosion.
Muzammil is one of the most senior Taliban officials to be killed in such circumstances since the group returned to power in August 2021.
He was first appointed as the governor of the eastern province of Nangarhar where he led the fight against Islamic State jihadists, before moving to Balkh last year.
