Friday, August 6, 2021

Taliban Confirms It Killed Afghan Govt's Top Media Officer in Kabul - Sputnik International



The Taliban* has taken responsibility for killing the head of Afghanistan's Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC) Dawa Khan Menapal, on 6 August in the country's capital Kabul. Menapal often worked as a spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani. The Taliban claimed the attack was "punishment" for the official's actions.



The government official was attacked by gunmen along the Darul Aman Road in Kabul, TOLO News reported. Menapal is the latest victim in a series of attacks against Afghan officials carried out by the terrorist movement. Prior to Friday's assassination, the Taliban killed the governor of the Sayed Abad district in the province of Maidan Wardak on 3 August.

    "[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", Interior Ministry spokesperson Mirwais Stanikzai said.

In recent months, the terrorist movement has made significant advances in Afghanistan capturing smaller towns and villages across the country and securing most of the nation's borders. At the same time, it has not captured any provincial capitals...

*The Taliban is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia

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