The district police chief of Sayad was killed in an attack by Taliban militants in northern Sari Pul province of Afghanistan, the local officials said Tuesday.
Provincial governor’s spokesman Zabiullah Amani said the district police chief of Sayad Abdul Malik Nezami was killed in a coordinated attack by Taliban on Monday night.
Amani further added that two of the security guards of Nezami were also killed in the attack.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban have not commented regrding the killing of Sayad police chief so far.
Sari Pul has been among the relatively calm provinces in North of Afghanistan but the security situation in some of its districts has started to deteriorated during the recent years.
Taliban militants are active in some of the districts of Sari Pul province where they often conduct terrorist related activities against the government and security institutions.
