Police have confirmed that the head of the Afghan government’s media information center, Dawa Khan Menapal, had been assassinated in Kabul, the country’s capital. The attack has been claimed by the Taliban.
“Unfortunately, the savage terrorists have committed a cowardly act once again and martyred a patriotic Afghan,” interior ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said, referring the Menapal’s killing. Stanikzai shared a photo of his deceased colleague.
ته هيڅکله و نه ويرېدلې خو دښمن دې وارخطا کړ😢
— Mirwais Stanekzai🇦🇫✒ (@mirwaisstanikza) August 6, 2021
وحشي ترهګرو مينه پال شهيد کړ.
مينه پال رښتيا مينه پال و
ابدي لار دې روښانه وروره
دننګ مړ خو څه مړ نه دى pic.twitter.com/rPyNnH3jQp
According to Afghanistan’s TOLOnews, the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.
The assassination came just days after the Taliban warned they would target senior officials in the Kabul-based administration in response to an escalation of airstrikes in the war-torn country.
Video shows a vehicle that was attacked by gunmen affiliated with the Taliban at Darul Aman Road in Kabul this afternoon.
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 6, 2021
Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the Afghan government's media and information center, was killed in the attack. pic.twitter.com/XIs8LkgkI1
Minapal had previously been the director of the Public Library of Afghanistan as well as working as the director of information culture in province Kandahar for several years.
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