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Herat traffic police chief killed in gunmen ambush
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The police chief of the western Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... traffic department was killed in an ambush of the unknown gunnies in the outskirts of the historic provincial capital late on Sunday. According to the local security officials, the provincial traffic police General Ghulam Dastagir was rubbed out by unknown gunnies riding cycle of violence. A front man for the Herat police department Abdul Ahad Walizada confirmed the incident and said one of the bodyguards of Gen. Dastagir also lost his life in the attack. Walizada further added that Gen. Dastagir’s vehicle was ambushed around five kilometers in the east of Herat city. He said the gunnies have managed to flee the area and an investigation is underway along with a search operation to apprehend the perpetrators. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-15 |
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