HERAT, Afghanistan, March 21 (UPI) -- Afghanistan Aviation Minister Mirwais Sadiq, the son of a powerful western Afghanistan governor, was killed in an ambush Sunday.
His father, Gov. Ismail Khan of Herat, who was ambushed separately, escaped uninjured, Afghan state television said.
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Sadiq was killed by gunmen as he sat in his car in Herat, a province bordering Iran, in which Khan has a large following and also commands a powerful militia.
The report said Khan's troops surrounded the home of a senior military commander and a militia barracks in Herat. Several people were reported killed and injured in fighting that erupted following the assassination.
