ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A highway police commander was killed in a landmine blast in Khashrod district of southwestern Nimroz province on Wednesday morning, officials said.
A local official, who did not want to be named, said the explosion killed the Zaranj-Delaram highway commander Lt Ghulam Sakhi Alizada in Shash Abah area and wounded a sergeant.
He accused the Taliban of planting the explosive on the highway. Police were investigating the blast, but had arrested no one so far.
Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Jilani . . .
