: Taliban assassinates Afghan government’s media information centre chief #IndiaNEWS The Taliban on Friday assassinated Dawa Khan Menapal, the chief of Afghanistan’s Government Information Media

Taliban assassinates Afghan government’s media information centre chief #IndiaNEWS
The Taliban on Friday assassinated Dawa Khan Menapal, the chief of Afghanistan’s Government Information Media Centre in Kabul, AP reported. Menapal handled the government’s interactions with local as well as foreign media.Menapal “was killed in a special attack of the Mujahideen??? and was “punished for his deeds???, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said.Interior Ministry spokesperson Mirwais Stanikzai confirmed Menapal’s death, and added that “savage terrorists killed??? him during Friday prayers, Reuters reported. “He [Menapal] was a young man who stood like a mountain in the face of enemy propaganda, and who was always a major supporter of the [Afghan] regime,??? Stanikzai said.The Taliban also captured the city of Zaranj, the capital of the Nimroz province in southern Afghanistan, Reuters reported. A police spokesperson told the news agency that Zaranj fell to the Taliban due to a lack of reinforcements from the government.Since United States President Joe Biden announced in April that he would pull back troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban have taken control of several districts in the country.Taliban has reportedly seized the governor’s office, the police headquarters and an encampment near the Iranian border in Zaranj, according to Reuters. A Taliban commander, who did not want to disclose identity, said that capturing Zaranj was strategically important for the group as it shares a border...Read more

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