KABUL, Aug 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Unknown armed men in a targeted attack claimed the life of senior government official, Dawa Khan Menapal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday, local media reported.
“Dawa Khan Menapal, the director of the government’s Media and Information Centre was shot dead by unknown armed men in Kabul on Friday,” Tolonews reported.
Menapal, a former journalist, who had also served as deputy spokesman for the Presidential Palace in the past years, was gunned down by unidentified armed men, in the Darul Aman area of Kabul city, and two more persons were injured in the attack, the media outlet added in its report.
In the meantime, Interior Ministry spokesman, Mirwais Stanikzai, confirmed the incident, and in talks with Xinhua, said, “Terrorists attacked Mr. Menapal in PD 7 of Kabul city, when he was doing the Friday prayer and killed him.”
No group has claimed responsibility, and the government has yet to make comment.– NNN-XINHUA
