Head of Afghan government media department assassinated in Kabul
Taliban fighters on Friday assassinated the Afghanistan government's top media and information officer in capital city of Kabul, a spokesperson of the hardline militant group said. Dawa Khan Minapal, who was the head of Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC), had been killed, an official in the federal interior ministry confirmed.
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- Published Date: 01:10 | 06 August 2021
- Modified Date: 01:12 | 06 August 2021
The head of the Afghan government's media information centre has been assassinated in the capital, the interior ministry said Friday, days after the Taliban warned they would target senior administration officials in retaliation for increased airstrikes.
"Unfortunately, the savage terrorists have committed a cowardly act once again and martyred a patriotic Afghan," interior ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said of the death of Dawa Khan Menapal.
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