<p>ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A roadside bombing killed a highway group commander and a military officer in the Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz province on Monday.</p>
<p>The blast took place in Shashaba area at about 10am, a security official told Pajhwok Afghan News.</p>
<p>He said the commander for the Zaranj-Delaram highway, Abdul Ghafoor Himmatyar, and a military officer were killed in the blast that injured one of Ghafoor’s guards.</p>
<p>The official said the injured guard had been evacuated to hospital in Zaranj, the provincial capital.</p>
<p>He said Himmatyar was visiting a security post in the area to congratulate the highway police on the occasion of Eidul Fitri.</p>
<p>Deputy police chief for Nimroz Col Mohammad Saleh Massoud confirmed the blast, but did not go into details.</p>
<p>He said the landmine had been emplaced by the <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a>.</p>
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