Armed men killed the director of the counter-terrorism department in Khogyani district in Nangarhar along with his two bodyguards.
A reliable local source, who does not want to reveal his identity due to security reasons, told Hasht-e Subh that Hafiz Bashar, the counter-terrorism director of Khogyani district, was killed on Saturday evening along with two of his bodyguards in Chamtala township, Khogyani district.
Source added armed men had ambushed this local Taliban official in Khogyani district. Taliban officials in Nangarhar do not comment on this incident.
The Freedom Front, an anti-Taliban militant group, has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the head of counter-terrorism of the Taliban police in Khogyani, Nangarhar, and his two bodyguards.
On Friday evening, following an attack by the Freedom Front forces on the Taliban outpost in Surkhroud district of Nangarhar province, two Taliban were seriously injured.