Roadside bombing kills Afghan district officials in South
23/9/2008 17:55
Two Afghan officials were killed and four of their bodyguards got wounded
as a roadside bomb struck their vehicle yesterday evening in Taliban's former
stronghold Kandahar south of Afghanistan, police said today.
"A bomb planted
by militants struck the vehicle of Amir Mohammad, the district chief of
Registan, killing him and Assadullah the police chief of the district on the
spot," Matiullah Khan the police chief of Kandahar province told Xinhua.
Four
of their bodyguards were injured in the incident, he added.
Taliban
insurgents and their al-Qaida allies as change of tactic have resorted to
roadside bombing and suicide attacks against interests of government and
international troops.
A similar roadside bombing by Taliban militants claimed
the life of Abdullah Wardak of Logar province near the Afghan capital city Kabul
days ago.
Conflicts and spiraling insurgency have claimed the lives of over
4,000 people with around 1,445 civilians so far this year in the war-torn
country.
Xinhua
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