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WJ Speakers’ Father, Brothers Killed in Kunduz Attack

WJ Speakers’ Father, Brothers Killed in Kunduz Attack

KABUL - A suicide attack in northern Kunduz province Wednesday evening has killed the father and two brothers of the Parliament speaker of the house Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, officials said.

Ibrahimi's nephew was also killed in the blast, along with three other civilians, according to Lal Muhammad Ahmadzai, spokesman of north Pamir Zone 303.

Eight others, including a police officer have been injured, he added.

Kunduz provincial governor Muhammad Anwar Jagdalek said the attack took place at a buzkashi match in the Imam Sahib district, where Ibrahimi's brother Qayoum Ibrahimi was district police chief.

MP Ibrahimi confirmed to TOLOnews that his father and brother were killed in this attack.

It comes the same day that the National Directorate of Security says it thwarted a potential suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul.

According to the NDS, seven militants linked to the Haqqani Network were planning to launch a huge suicide attack on one of Kabul's military institutions but they were found by NDS officers in Area 16 of Kabul's Alwo Khail district.

Five of the insurgents were killed in the resulting clash with NDS officers while two others were detained with a large amount of weapons, the statement said. (Tolo News)