Helmand refugee director’s father gunned down

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Father of the provincial Refugee Department head for southern Helmand province has been killed, police said on Saturday.

The father of Naqibullah Zmaryal, Haji Zarif Shah, was in Bolan area of Lashkargah, the provincial capital, to visit his ancestral home when came under attack from militants on Friday evening, police chief for Bolan area, Maj. Haji Wasi, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

A source at the Emergency-run hospital in Lashkargah said Shah succumbed to his wounds at the hospital.

Haji Wasi said security forces controlled the Bolan area which was located near the frontline where an operation was under way.

Zmaryal confirmed his father’s death.

The Taliban have said noting in this regard.

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