Governor of Takhar province injured in explosion

Governor of northern Afghan province of Takhar was injured in a suicide bomb attack on his house in the provincial capital Taluqan city on Saturday, an official said.

It was a suicide attack inside the governor's house as a result provincial governor Abdul Jabbar Taqwa was injured, spokesman for the governor Faizullah Tawhidi told Xinhua.

An official who declined to give his name said that provincial police chief Mohammad Daud was killed in the incident.

However, Tawhidi rejected the claim, saying Daud might have been injured.

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