JALALABAD (SW): Head of the Directorate of Haj and Religious Affairs in Nangarahr province got killed in a suicide attack on Wednesday in the provincial capital Jalalabad.
Mawlawi Abdul Zahir was travelling in the city in his car when the attacker targeted him. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, has confirmed the head of the Directorate of Haj and Religious Affairs was the target of the attack.
Health officials in the province informed Salam Watandar that Mawlawi Abdul Zahir succumbed to the wounds on the way to hospital. Inamullah Miakhail, spokesman for the Directorate of Public Health (MoPH), informed 11 civilians got wounded in this attack.
Mawlawi Abdul Zahir was critical of the pro-Daesh and Taliban militants in the province.
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