KISHAM, Afghanistan, April 5 (UPI) -- Police say Nazik Mir, a prominent anti-Taliban commander, was killed in what they suspect was a Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan province of Badakhshan.
Mir, a police commander, died in a suicide bombing in the Kisham district of Badakhshan Wednesday. The explosion killed one other person and injured 16 civilians, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The BBC said Mir was one of the Taliban's biggest enemies in the area, managing to halt Taliban operations in the province.
Officials said the Taliban is not only targeting NATO forces, but also its Afghan enemies.
Officials reported two other simultaneous attacks took place in the Farah province. A gunman killed eight people at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber in the north killed 10 people, including three U.S. soldiers.
