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Key Militia Commander Killed in Car Bombing in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province - Deputy Governor

© AP Photo / Mohammad Anwar DanishyarAug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban assault on Ghazni, a key city linking areas of Taliban influence barely 75 miles from Kabul, has killed about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers since Friday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said
Aug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban assault on Ghazni, a key city linking areas of Taliban influence barely 75 miles from Kabul, has killed about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers since Friday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said - Sputnik International
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KABUL (Sputnik) - An explosion hit the eastern Afghan city of Gardez in the Paktia province on Sunday.

Aziz Ahmad, a key militia commander in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, was killed in a car bomb blast on Sunday, a local deputy governor said.

"Commander Aziz Ahmad was killed and his bodyguard was wounded in the car bombing in the city of Gardez close to city’s civilian hospital," Abdul Wali Sehi said.

He said Aziz Ahmad commanded militia in Paktia’s Zurmat district.

A local official said that the explosion occurred in the area close to a municipal civilian hospital.

​No militant group has claimed responsibility for the bombing but the Taliban are the biggest presence in parts of Paktia.

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