Kandahar official killed in bombing
Wed Sep 1, 2010 10:37AM


A provincial Afghan official and his driver have been targeted in a bombing attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, police say.


The incident occurred on Wednesday when a remote-controlled bomb mounted on a motorbike went off, hitting Mohammed Hassan Temori, head of Kandahar's hajj and Islamic affairs.

Temori and his driver were killed in the blast which also left three people injured, DPA quoted local police officials as saying.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the blast.

The militants have been engaged in a campaign of assassinations against pro-government tribal leaders and politicians in Kandahar.

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