KABUL: Taliban militants assassinated the Afghanistan government’s top media and information officer in Kabul, agencies reported on Friday. 

Confirming Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC) killing federal interior ministry said “the savage terrorists killed” him during Friday prayers. 

Spokesperson of the interior ministry quoted as saying Menapal was a young man who stood like a mountain in the face of enemy propaganda, and who was always a major supporter of the Afghanistan regime. 

Menapal had also served as a spokesperson in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s outreach team. 

A Taliban spokesperson quoted as saying Menapal was “killed in a special attack by Taliban and was punished for his actions.”

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