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1st LD Writethru: Blast kills police officer, wounds 2 in S. Afghanistan

Xinhua, January 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

A senior police officer was killed and two others were injured as a mine struck their vehicle in Mizan district of the southern Zabul province with Qalat, 340 km south of Kabul, as its capital on Monday, deputy to provincial police chief Ghulam Jilani Farahi said.

"Khan Mohammad the police chief of Mizan district was leading cleanup operations against Taliban militants when a mine planted by militants on a road struck his vehicle and killing him on the spot this afternoon," Farahi told reporters.

Two more police sustained injuries in the blast, he added.

The late Khan Mohammad was appointed one month ago to his post as new police chief of the restive Mizan district, the police official further said.

Taliban militants fighting the government to regain power are largely relying on suicide and roadside bombings. Endi