By Xinhua,
Kabul : Militants fighting Afghan government gunned down a local intelligence chief in the country’s eastern Khost province on Tuesday, provincial administration’s spokesman Khyber Pashtun said.
“The chief of intelligence department of Alishir district was on way to office at around 8:30 a.m. local time when the armed Taliban insurgents opened fire on his car killing him on the spot,” Pashtun told Xinhua.
Militants by targeting officials want to terrify government employees to leave their jobs and destabilize security in the country, he further said.
Taliban militants that in the past attacked government interests and servicemen including teachers and pro-government religious leaders have not made comments so far.