9 Taliban, district judge, prayer leader, police chief killed in Afghanistan

Staff Report

KABUL -- The Nangarhar police chief, a district judge and a prayer leader were killed in recent separate acts of violence, while at least nine Taliban died in a Jawzjan Province operation, media reported.

Troops killed the nine Taliban recently in Faizabad District, Jawzjan Province, officials said September 10, according to TOLO News.

A September 11 roadside bombing in Hesarak District, Nangarhar Province, killed provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Zorawar Zahid, officials confirmed, according to TOLO News. Zahid was on his way to a check-post when his vehicle struck a land mine, officials said.

Separately, Qazi Jalal, a district judge, was fatally shot in Khwaja Sabz Posh District, Faryab Province, September 10, district administrative chief Abdullah Masoomi told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Militants once kidnapped Jalal and held him for three months, officials said.

A prayer leader was recently gunned down in Momand Dara District, Nangarhar Province, early September 11, district chief Haji Nasim said September 11, according to Pajhwok Afghan News.

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The writing is good and you have written Pashto very well, but the report has a mistake; General Zarawar Zahid's car is not hit by bomb. A bodyguard of General Zarawar Zahid has said that the General was walking to a check post when bomb exploded on him. If exactness is considered in a report and news, the media credibility increases with it. Thanks a lot for your efforts.

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