MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The intelligence director of Balkh airport has been killed in a Taliban ambush, an official said on Sunday.
Police spokesman Adel Shah Adel told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants killed Ahmad Khalid on the Samangan-Baghlan highway late on Saturday.
He said Khalild was heading to Kabul along with his family when he came under attack in Chishma Sher area. Khalid was killed but his family members escaped unhurt.
Insecurity has lately been on the rise on the highway connecting northern provinces with Kabul. Much of the insecurity is linked to militancy.
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