MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province, known for fighting against Islamic State (IS) jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his office on Thursday, officials said.
A man pushes a stretcher carrying a wounded man inside a hospital in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province, northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, March 9, 2023, after a suicide attack at the office of the province’s Taliban governor. AFP PHOTO
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province, known for fighting against Islamic State (IS) jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his office on Thursday, officials said.