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Provincial prosecutor gunned down by armed men in northern Afghan province

Xinhua, March 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Unknown armed men, obviously Taliban militants gunned down a prosecutor and injured two others in Samangan province with Aybak city as its capital 215 km north of Kabul on Wednesday, a local official said.

"Sardar Jahani the military prosecutor of Bamyan province was on way to the central Bamyan province when armed militants opened fire on his car in Dara-e-Suf Payan district of Samangan province in the morning killing him on the spot and injuring two of his bodyguards," district governor Ahmad Mabariz told Xinhua.

He blamed the attack on Taliban militants, saying that Taliban fighters usually target government employees to terrorize citizens.

Taliban militants have yet to make comment.

In a similar incident on Tuesday, unknown armed men gunned down a district educational officer in the northern Balkh province. Endit