Nangarhar officials confirmed that the provincial police chief Brigadier General Zorawar Zahid was killed on Sunday evening when his vehicle hit a roadside IED in Hesarak District.
The incident took place Sunday evening when Zahid was reportedly on his way to a check post.
Zahid was the police chief of Nangarhar and had previously served in Ghazni in same capacity.
He is the second brigadier general to have been killed in a week in Afghanistan.
Last week, brigadier general Raziq of the Afghan National Army Support Brigade was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul city.http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/27217-nangarhar-police-chief-killed-in-roadside-ied
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