ASSAILANTS have shot dead a prominent military commander in eastern Afghanistan, a senior security official said. Commander Abdullah's vehicle was ambushed in Hisar Shah district, 35 km south of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, regional security chief Haji Roohullah told The Associated Press. Abdullah was a commander in Afghanistan's provincial army in Nangarhar. His wounded bodyguard who was being treated at a hospital. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack...
Roohullah said they have arrested two people, but did not elaborate whether the suspects had links with the assailants. Abdullah was the son of Haji Ajab Khan, chief of Nangarhar's Khogiani district, south-west of Jalalabad. |