Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday. The gunmen killed parliament member and former military commander Habibullah Jan after he visited an Afghan army compound in the Zhari district of Kandahar late Friday, said Kandahar provincial council member Bismillih Afghanmul. Taliban fighters have frequently targeted Afghan officials, but Jan's death was the first of a parliamentarian in months, the Associated Press reported. In neighboring Helmand province, gunmen planting a roadside bomb detonated the device prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, said police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal.
