KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Deputy governor was killed on Saturday in a suicide bomb attack in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.
The explosion took place at around 9am when a suicide bomber crashed his explosive-laden motorcycle into the vehicle of Abdul Latif Ashana, traveling to his office in 5th police district of Kandahar city, the governor’s spokesman, Zalmay Ayubi, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
Ashan was killed and his driver was among five others injured, he said. Five injured people were taken to Mirwais hospital, a doctor said on condition of anonymity.
The heavy explosion occurred when the bomber crashed his motorcycle into the vehicle of Ashana, eyewitness, Ikramuddin, said. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the blast.
