Obaidullah Barikzai, former MP from Uruzgan, was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in neighboring Kandahar province on Saturday
KANDAHAR (Pakistan Point News / NNI - 23rd March, 2019) Obaidullah Barikzai, former MP from Uruzgan, was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in neighboring Kandahar province on Saturday.Kandahar Police Chief Maj. Gen. Tadin Khan confirmed the incident and said Barikzai was attacked in Kandahar's PD6 by unknown armed men on Saturday afternoon. He added that the attackers escaped from the accident site.Police is trying to find attackers, he noted, adding that no individual or groups have yet claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Barkazi was against Kabul-Washington security treaty and also presence of foreign military forces and has always underlined their withdrawal.Barikzai also ran for parliamentary elections from his native province, Uruzgan. Barikzai was a district governor in Chora district in Uruzgan before he won a seat in the Afghan parliament.Earlier, an explosion in a ceremony in Helmand, southern Afghanistan claimed the lives of 3 and injured 31 more. A member of provincial council, border guard police commander and head of economy department of the province were among those who were injured.
Some sources claimed that Helmand governor was also injured. Taliban has claimed the responsibility of the attack.Taliban is seriously against Nowruz celebrations and had earlier banned holding these ceremonies.Meanwhile earlier, three consecutive explosions shook Karte Sakhi, Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday morning.Karte Sakhi is the place for commemorating Nowruz festival in Afghanistan.The first explosion took place in Nowruz commutation place, the second one on a road leading to the same place from Kabul University, and, ten minutes later, the third one in Kabul University.The incident claimed the lives of 6 people and injured 23 more. NNI
