District governor, three others killed in Afghan bomb attack

A district governor and three police officials were killed on Sunday in a bomb attack on his vehicle in Afghanistan's Takhar province.

"Hamid Haqjo, governor of Ishkamish, was killed in a bomb attack while he was monitoring security checkpoints in the district," a provincial official told Xinhua news agency.

Three policemen travelling in his vehicle were also killed in the explosion, the official added.