KANDAHAR: An Afghan police officer, who was targeted by Taliban and survived 16 bomb attacks, was killed by an improvised explosive device (IMD) on Sunday, officials said. Tor Jan, the leader of a police post in the southern province of Uruzgan, a hotbed of insurgency against the Kabul government and its Western allies, was renowned for leading attacks against the Taliban. Jan had survived 16 explosions, most of them aimed at him personally, but was killed when his vehicle was hit by a blast in Tirin Kot district where he was based, Uruzgan police spokesman Farid Ail told AFP.
“He was very active against the Taliban. The Taliban considered him an enemy,” he said, describing Jan as a ‘brave officer’. “He had survived 16 such attacks. Today, in the 17th attack he was martyred.”