Targeted attack kills senior government official in Kabul

Kabul (Afghanistan) Aug 7: Unknown armed men in a targeted attack claimed the life of senior government official
Dawa Khan Menapal in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, local media reported.
"Dawa Khan Menapal the director of government's Media and Information Center was shot dead by unknown armed
men in Kabul on Friday," Tolonews reported.
Menapal, a former journalist, who had also served as deputy spokesman for the Presidential Palace in the past years,
was gunned down by unidentified armed men in the Darul Aman area of Kabul city and two more persons were injured
in the attack, the media outlet added in its report.
In the meantime, Interior Ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai has confirmed the incident and in talks with Xinhua,
saying, "Terrorists attacked Mr. Menapal in PD 7 of Kabul city when he was offering Friday prayer and martyred him."
No group has claimed responsibility and the government has yet to make comment.
Source: Xinhua