Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said at the deputy governor of Badakhshan’s funeral on Wednesday that security agencies need to track down the perpetrators who killed the official so that they can be ‘punished for their actions’.

Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Badakhshan, was killed in a car bomb explosion on Tuesday morning in the city of Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province.

The funeral ceremony of the deputy governor was held in Faizabad and was attended by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, members of the leadership of the Islamic Emirate, security forces and thousands of citizens of Badakhshan province.

“People who want to martyr our elders, scholars and people in exchange for American money, with such actions, the will of the Mujahideen will not be weakened and the Khawarij (Daesh) will not achieve their sinister goals,” Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, the chief of staff of the armed forces, said during the ceremony.

He added that history has proven that the UK, Russia and America were defeated in Afghanistan in a humiliating manner, but “Khawarij and people who are trying to assassinate our people and children on their behalf should know that we may not be alive, but foreigners will not win in Afghanistan, and Afghanistan’s sons will follow the footsteps of the martyrs on this land.”

He also asked the intelligence and security forces to ensure the security of the people and the people of Badakhshan to cooperate with their security forces and report suspicious activities to the security forces.

He says that “in a very short time, the hidden faces of the ‘Kharijites’ will be identified and eliminated.”

The Daesh group in a message on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the assassination of the deputy governor of Badakhshan province.