A Taliban fighter blew himself up at the governor's office complex Takhar, Afghanistan, yesterday. In fact, the site was heavily guarded by the leaders of the Afghan security forces and international military is having a meeting.
According to a spokesman for the governor's office, Faiz Mohammad Tawhedi, the perpetrator was wearing a police uniform complete with a vest bomb. As a result seven people were killed, including two senior police commander Afghanistan, General David, David, and General Shah Jahan Noori. The two generals were killed along with two German soldiers and two Afghan police.
Further, General Markus Kneip of the German armed forces, which is the commander of coalition forces in northern Afghanistan, was injured. Experienced a similar fate Governor Abdul Jabar Taqwa. "What we know of people that attacked with police uniforms," said Tawhedi. "How can he entered the conference room and why he was not frisked before entering the complex, we do not know."
David is a former Deputy Minister of Interior affairs and a former bodyguard antinarkotika charismatic Tajik leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud.
Gen. David was appointed chief of police in the northern zone which oversees the 9 provinces and headquartered since last year. The General Noori is a leader of the police in the province of Takhar.
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière directly confirm the injury Kneip, in Berlin. "General Markus Kneip, including that the victim was wounded in northern Afghanistan," said De Maizière. "Unfortunately, two of our soldiers were also killed in the blast."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the attack. "I am shocked and saddened to know any German soldiers who were killed and wounded," said Merkel.
Earlier this year, Kneip newly appointed regional commander of the northern North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Northern Regional covers 9 provinces on the Afghan border with Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
He also is the senior national commander who oversees the 4900 German soldiers deployed in northern Afghanistan.
In another development, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing. "This is part of Taliban efforts to destabilize the government stop military operations in the north," said Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. (Yan/AP/BBC/I-5)
According to a spokesman for the governor's office, Faiz Mohammad Tawhedi, the perpetrator was wearing a police uniform complete with a vest bomb. As a result seven people were killed, including two senior police commander Afghanistan, General David, David, and General Shah Jahan Noori. The two generals were killed along with two German soldiers and two Afghan police.
Further, General Markus Kneip of the German armed forces, which is the commander of coalition forces in northern Afghanistan, was injured. Experienced a similar fate Governor Abdul Jabar Taqwa. "What we know of people that attacked with police uniforms," said Tawhedi. "How can he entered the conference room and why he was not frisked before entering the complex, we do not know."
David is a former Deputy Minister of Interior affairs and a former bodyguard antinarkotika charismatic Tajik leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud.
Gen. David was appointed chief of police in the northern zone which oversees the 9 provinces and headquartered since last year. The General Noori is a leader of the police in the province of Takhar.
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière directly confirm the injury Kneip, in Berlin. "General Markus Kneip, including that the victim was wounded in northern Afghanistan," said De Maizière. "Unfortunately, two of our soldiers were also killed in the blast."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the attack. "I am shocked and saddened to know any German soldiers who were killed and wounded," said Merkel.
Earlier this year, Kneip newly appointed regional commander of the northern North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Northern Regional covers 9 provinces on the Afghan border with Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
He also is the senior national commander who oversees the 4900 German soldiers deployed in northern Afghanistan.
In another development, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing. "This is part of Taliban efforts to destabilize the government stop military operations in the north," said Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. (Yan/AP/BBC/I-5)
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