Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack
Summary
Gunmen killed a senior Taliban official, Zabihullah Amiri, in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. The attackers were stopped by security guards, with one killed and the other captured, and an investigation is ongoing.Key Facts
- Zabihullah Amiri was the director of information and culture in Badakhshan province.
- He was shot by two gunmen while traveling from a local district to the provincial capital Faizabad.
- Security guards fired back quickly, killing one attacker and capturing the other.
- Targeted killings of senior Taliban officials have been rare since the Taliban took control in 2021.
- In December 2024, the refugee minister Khalil Haqqani was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul.
- In June 2023, Badakhshan’s deputy governor and his driver were killed in a car bomb; the Islamic State’s local group claimed responsibility.
- Earlier in 2023, the governor of Balkh province was killed in a bomb attack on his office.
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