An Afghan provincial governor for eastern Nuristan province died along with his two bodyguards when their car swerved off the road and plunged into a ravine en route to Kabul, a provincial official said Saturday.
Governor Hazrat-ul-din Noor, 50, was on his way from the capital of Nuristan for a meeting in Kabul city scheduled on Saturday when the accident took place in Sarobi, some 50 kilometres east of the capital city, Haleem Nuristani, deputy provincial governor said.
Noor, who served as a mujahideen commander against the Soviet invasion in 1980s, replaced Tamim Nuristani in July as governor for the province, which is located close to the border with Pakistan.
Tamim Nuristani, who lived for several years in the United States, was sacked after he lashed out at the US military forces stationed in Nuristan province for killing 17 civilians in an air raid against insurgents in the province on July 4. The government did not provide any reasons for his dismissal and it was not clear if he was sacked for his comments on casualties.
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