Provincial official assassinated in northern Afghanistan

KABUL, July ‌28 (Reuters) - A ​provincial ​official was assassinated in Afghanistan's remote northeastern ‌province of Badakhshan on Tuesday, the ⁠Afghan Interior Ministry said.

The ministry ‌said two armed attackers ‌targeted Zabihullah Amiri, the director of the Information and ​Culture Department in Badakhshan, while he was on his ⁠way to work near the provincial capital ​Fayzabad.

One of the suspected attackers was killed by Amiri's guards ​in a shootout, ‌and a search for the second suspect was ⁠still underway, the ministry said. It did not blame any specific ⁠group for the attack.

Earlier this month, ​officials from Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said "a number of irresponsible individuals with malicious ‌intentions" had attacked a district administration headquarters in Badakhshan ‌but were repelled and ⁠arrested.

(Reporting by ‌Mohammad Yunus Yawar ​and Sayed Hassib in Kabul; editing by Rick ‌Noack)

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