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Badakhshan Police Chief killed in a blast
(Last Updated On: December 26, 2022)
Badakhshan Police Chief Mawlavi Abdulhaq Abu Omar was killed on Monday, in an explosion targeting his vehicle outside his office in north-eastern region of Afghanistan.
“Mawlawi Abdulhaq Abu Omar, and two of his guards were killed killed in an explosion near the provincial police command headquarters in the city of Faizabad on Monday morning,” Ministry of Interior confirmed.
According to the ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor, two others were also wounded in the explosion.
“Four suspects have been arrested in connection,” Takor said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.