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Firefight claims 4 lives including army general in S. Afghanistan

Xinhua, March 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Four people including an army general were killed in Afghan southern Kandahar province on Thursday night, provincial government spokesman Samim Khapalwak said Friday.

"Two armed militants sprayed bullets on General Khan Agha, a senior official with 205 army corps in the southern Kandahar province Friday night killing him along with one of his bodyguards on the spot and injuring his son," Khapalwak told Xinhua.

The general was coming out of a mosque next to his residence in Dand district Thursday night when two armed militants waiting for him opened fire and killing him along with one of his bodyguards on the spot.

Khapalwak added that both attackers were killed in the firefight lasted for a while.

Meantime, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi who claims to speak for the Taliban outfit, in contact with media claimed responsibility, saying Taliban fighters punished General Khan Agha for serving the government. Endit