Rebel commander killed in Wardak

KABUL): An insurgent commander was killed and one his associates wounded when a roadside bomb they were planting went off prematurely in the central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday.

The incident took place on the outskirts of Syedabad district on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, the governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogiani, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Identified as Jandad, the rebel commander was involved in the killing of four foreign troops in the Zawlat area of Jalrez district, he added.

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