Kandahar - A district governor and his bodyguard were shot dead in southern Afghanistan, while the US military said they killed several Taliban militants as Afghan forces retook control of a town in the southern region, officials said Saturday. An Afghan district governor for Mezan district in southern Zabul and his bodyguard were killed by unknown gunmen in Qalat, the provincial capital on Friday night, police official Abdul Matin said.
He said Mohammad Younus, the district governor, was shot dead in front of his house, adding that they had started a search operation to track down the assailants.
Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousif Ahmadi, talking from a secret location by telephone, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
