A powerful explosion occurred in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh Province, northern Afghanistan.
The explosion targeted the headquarters of the state governor's administration.
According to media reporters, the governor of Balkh province was killed in the explosion, which occurred during an administrative meeting.
A Taliban police spokesman said the bomb killed the governor and two others.
Daoud Muzammil was a prominent military leader in the Taliban, and he had a strong relationship with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and he appeared in a documentary film for an Iranian government channel years ago, talking about his fight against the Americans.
He became deputy interior minister, and then governor of Balkh province under the Taliban government.
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