(ANSA-AFP) - KABUL, 06 AUGUST - The head of the communication service of the Afghan government was assassinated during a Friday prayer in Kabul.
This was reported by the Interior Ministry, after the Taliban promised days ago to target executive officials.
"Unfortunately, the brutal and savage terrorists committed yet another cowardly act and killed an Afghan patriot who resisted enemy propaganda (...), Dawa Khan Menapal, during Friday prayers" in the capital, said the ministry spokesman. Mirwais Stanikzai, in a WhatsApp message to the media.
Meanwhile, the British government of Boris Johnson promises asylum to any Afghan journalist forced to flee from the Taliban threat, strengthened after the withdrawal of international security forces after 20 years of military presence in the country. (ANSA-AFP).