Taliban Kills Afghan District Governor

A roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s northeastern Takhar province Sunday killed a district governor and his three security guards. The attack comes as Afghan officials blame militants fleeing an army offensive in neighboring Pakistan for being behind the spike in violence in the country’s north.   A police spokesman says the slain governor, Hamidullah Haqjo, was visiting security outposts of his Ashkhamish district early morning when his vehicle hit a landmine.   A Taliban...

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