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Laghman district police chief killed in accidental fire
Abdul Zahir, Police Chief of Laghman’s Dawlat Shah District, was killed accidentally by Afghan forces artillery fire, Laghman Governor said.
The incident took place on Sunday afternoon.
Laghman Governor Rahmatullah Yarmal told Ariana News that the Afghan forces were targeting Taliban strongholds but due to a “technical issue a mortar shell hit the position of the police commander in the area.”
Yarmal stated that one of Zahir’s bodyguards was also killed in the incident.
Yarmal did not provide further details.
Dawlat Shah is one of Laghman’s volatile districts.
The Afghan forces have launched an operation to clear the district of Taliban presence.