Afghan governor assassinated in bomb blast: officials
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PAGHMAN, Afghanistan (AFP) - A remote-controlled bomb blew up the vehicle of a provincial governor Saturday killing him and three other men near Kabul, officials said, in an attack claimed by Taliban rebels.
Mohammad Jan Abdullah Wardak, governor of Logar province and a former cabinet minister, was assassinated near his home in the picturesque town of Paghman, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the capital, officials said.
The long-time Taliban opponent was the second provincial governor to be murdered since the Islamists were removed from power in 2001 and started their insurgency.
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