|
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants ambushed an influential former governor near his home Saturday, killing him and four others, while three suspected Taliban rebels died in a botched attack on a current governor, Afghan officials said.
The violence came just days after Taliban commander Mullah Omar purportedly threatened a major rebel resurgence.
Both of Saturday's attacks occurred in Ghazni, a province in eastern Afghanistan that had been spared the worst of fighting that has wracked the country the past year.
|