KABUL – A deputy governor of Kabul province and his aide were killed by a bomb in the Afghan capital today, officials said, the latest in a wave of targeted killings in the country.
Mahbobullah Mohebi was killed when a bomb attached to his vehicle detonated while he was on his way to his office, the interior ministry said.
Mohebi's secretary, who was travelling with him, was also killed and two bodyguards were wounded.
Violence has raged across the country since the Taliban and Afghan government launched peace talks in Qatar in September.
Attacks have also been carried out by the Islamic State and its affiliates, who are not party to the talks in Doha.
Afghanistan – and especially Kabul – have seen a spate of murders of prominent figures, including journalists, clerics, politicians and rights activists.
Last week a female news anchor was shot dead in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the second journalist to be murdered in less than a month. – AFP, December 15, 2020
