The last senior Taliban figure killed in a suicide bombing was Daud Muzammil, governor of Balkh province, in March 2023.

Afghan provincial governor killed in car bombing The ISIL group claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the acting governor of Badakhshan.

In March, a member of ISIS carried out a suicide bombing that killed three people, including Daud Muzmal, the Taliban’s appointed governor for Balkh.

ISLAMABAD — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province and two other people at … ...

A Taliban governor in northern Afghanistan has been killed by an explosion in his office, police officials have told CNN.

A Taliban governor in northern Afghanistan has been killed by an explosion in his office, police officials have told CNN.

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province, known for fighting against ISIS extremists, was killed in an attack at his office on Thursday, officials said.

The governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province in the north of the country has been killed along with two others after a bomb exploded at his office in the capital Mazar-I-Sharif, police said.

A blast tore through the Taliban governor's office in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province on Thursday, killing him and two others, police said.