A senior Afghan National Army commander has embraced martyrdom in a militant attack in western Ghor province, local officials said on Sunday.
Col. Shoaib Bakhshi was the battalion commander for the first brigade of 207th Zafar Corps.
He was driving in a vehicle that came under the rocket attack of the militants in Dolina District last night.
Four soldiers riding in the vehicle with him sustained injuries in the attack.
Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Afghan military Academy must start research work and study Taliban way of fighting..the Afghan strategists must find a way to permanently stop ambushes and planting of IED by terrorists..so it has to study the taliban and come up with counter strategy………using standard military techniques will never destroy taliban,you need innovation and research
The Afghan terrain is mostly mountains so Taliban can easily use those area as cover to stage ambush…while fighting taliban the ANA has to encircle them completely from all sides and then decimate them forever..at present the ANA is giving Taliban too much freedom to fight as in battlefield now Taliban has own frontline and ANA is present just opposite to it…you have to encircle them