A car bombing in Afghanistan’s northeast on Tuesday killed a provincial deputy governor and his driver, a local official said.
Ten people were also wounded in the blast. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing in the city of Faizabad in Badakhshan province.
The deputy governor, Molvi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, was wounded in the explosion and died shortly after at a local hospital, according to Badakhshan’s cultural director Moazuddin Ahmadi.
IS CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUICIDE BOMBING ON SENIOR TALIBAN GOVERNOR IN AFGHANISTAN