The head of the Afghanistan government’s media department Dewa Khan Menapal has been assassinated, said police on Friday.
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Interior ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said the ‘savage terrorists’ had committed a cowardly act again.
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The Taliban shot dead the head of the Afghan government’s media information centre Friday at a mosque in the capital, the ministry said, days after warning they would target senior administration officials in retaliation for increased air strikes.
“Unfortunately, the savage terrorists have committed a cowardly act once again and martyred a patriotic Afghan,” interior ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said of the death of Dawa Khan Menapal.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the death, with spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid sending a message to media saying “he was killed in a special attack carried out by mujahideen”.
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