KABUL (Pajhwok): A local uprising group commander and a former mayor were killed in a blast in Faizabad, the capital of northwestern Badakhshan province, on Sunday, an official said.
Badakhshan police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place close to the sports stadium in new Faizabad City after a football match at around 6:20pm
He said the blast occurred when Gen. Nazir Mohammad Niyazi, a local uprising commander, and the former Faizabad mayor . . .
