KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): An Afghan army general was killed in a roadside bombing that ripped through his vehicle in the Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province on Thursday, officials said.
Muhsin Sultani, public relations officer of the Afghan National Army’s 205 Atal Corps, confirmed the killing of Gen. Basir Shahrwand, the corps first battalion commander, but did not give more details.
However, Samim Khpalwak, the Kandahar governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News Gen. Shaharwan had gone to Shah Walikot district to reopen the Kandahar-Uruzgan Road, when his vehicle struck a roadside . . .
