A suicide Bomber Hayat Khan, in the Eastern Afghan Province of Nangarhar killed four people, including a Prominent Local Militia Commander, Officials said on Monday.
The bomber targeted Khan, a local tribal elder and commander of local militia forces in the Behsood district of Nangarhar, Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman said.
“Haji Hayat Khan was a prominent tribal elder and he was playing an important role in the fight against Daesh,’’ said provincial council member Sohrab Qaderi, using the term often employed for Islamic State in Afghanistan. “He was a strong barrier against Daesh expansion in Nangarhar.”
The incident follows a series of attacks on targets in Nangarhar, the province on the border with Pakistan where Islamic State first appeared in Afghanistan in late 2014.
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