Muzammil is a prominent military leader in the Taliban and has a strong relationship with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
A powerful explosion occurred in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh Province, northern Afghanistan.
The explosion targeted the headquarters of the state governor’s administration, and resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.
The last picture of the ruler of Balkh (in the middle) yesterday with Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Baradar (wearing a muzzle) in one of the projects in Balkh, and the engineer Abdul Rahman Attash appears with them
And local media confirmed the killing of the governor of Balkh province in the Taliban, Daoud Muzammil.
Sources told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath that the governor of Balkh province was killed in the explosion, which occurred during an administrative meeting.
A Taliban police spokesman said the bomb killed the governor and two others.
Dawood Muzammil was a prominent military leader in the Taliban, and he had a strong relationship with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and he appeared in a documentary film for an Iranian government channel years ago, talking about his fight against the Americans.
He became deputy interior minister, and then governor of Balkh province under the Taliban government.
