Afghan mayor gunned down by unknown assailants
The mayor of the city of Delaram, in Afghanistan`s southwestern Nimruz province, has been killed, Tolo TV channel reported on Tuesday.
Abdullah Jan, 35, was attacked by unknown gunmen on Monday when he was returning home from his office by car, Tolo said.
In May 2009, Jan survived an assassination attempt by suspected Taliban insurgents.
Violence has surged in Afghanistan in recent months, with the radical Islamic Taliban group, which was toppled in a 2001 US-led campaign, staging regular attacks on provincial government officials, police and civilians, and planting roadside devices as part of the battle with US and NATO troops.
In early December, U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in the first part of 2010 to defeat the Taliban.
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