{"id":71617,"date":"2020-12-15T13:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=71617"},"modified":"2020-12-16T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:05:45","slug":"kabuls-deputy-governor-killed-in-bomb-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/71617-kabuls-deputy-governor-killed-in-bomb-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabul&#8217;s Deputy Governor Killed In Bomb Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-15_18-19-23-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-15_18-19-23-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-15_18-19-23-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-15_18-19-23-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-15_18-19-23-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-15_18-19-23.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The deputy governor of Kabul was killed in a blast on Tuesday morning in the Afghan capital, after a bomb attached to his armored vehicle by a magnet was detonated.<br>Mahbubullah Muhibbi is the latest \u2013 and one of the highest-profile \u2014 victims of shadowy assailants who have been killing journalists, police, security forces, judicial authorities and senior administrators, largely across Kabul, but also in other parts of Afghanistan.<br>Just hours before Muhibbi and his secretary were killed in the blast, local media outlet TOLO reported that gunmen opened fire on policemen who were warming themselves by a fire on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least one.<br>And in the central province of Ghor, local Afghan media reported that another magnetic bomb on a vehicle killed a provincial council member.<br>It&#8217;s not clear whether the Taliban are quietly behind some of these killings: they have long seen Afghan authorities and security forces as their bitterest enemies. But the simple fact of foreign forces withdrawing could have empowered other militant groups as well. 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