Bomb attack kills Afghan MP

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Source: al Jazeera

Dad Mohammad Khan, a prominent Afghan politician, has been killed by a roadside bomb, Afghan officials say.

Four other Afghans died alongside Khan when a bomb blew up their vehicle on Thursday.

The group was travelling on the main road to Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.

Khan, a member of the Afghan parliament, was a prominent critic of the Taliban, which lead the government from 1996 until 2001 when it was overthrown by a US-led invasion.



Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/03/2009319104226437365.html

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2. Bomb kills anti-Taliban Afghan MP

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A key anti-Taliban lawmaker was killed with four other men Thursday when a bomb tore through their vehicle in Afghanistan's flashpoint southern province of Helmand, officials said.

The Taliban movement said it carried out the attack that killed Helmand MP Dad Mohammad Khan, who received death threats from the extremist insurgents who control swathes of the volatile opium-producing province.

"A remote-controlled roadside bomb struck a Corolla-type vehicle in which esteemed MP from Helmand province, Dad Mohammad, the highway police commander and three of Mohammad's bodyguards were martyred," the interior ministry said.

A cousin of the MP confirmed the killing from the scene.

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