4 Afghan judges killed in ambush

JALALABAD, Oct. 26, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 25, 2019 shows the site of an attack in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan. At least two persons were confirmed dead and 11 others sustained injuries as a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a convoy of security personnel in Jalalabad city, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, provincial governor's spokesman Attaullah Khogiani said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/IANS)

Kabul (IANS) Four judges were killed in an ambush in Afghanistan's Logar province on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place in the Baqi Abad area of Mohammad Agha district as the judges were returning home from a weekly holiday and gunmen ambushed their vehicle, TOLO News reported.

The police accused the Taliban as being responsible, but the insurgent group was yet to make a statement.

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