Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack

Gunmen killed Zabihullah Amiri, a high-ranking Taliban official in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, in a rare targeted attack. Security forces killed one attacker and captured the other, with investigations ongoing. Similar incidents have been rare since the Taliban took power in 2021, though past attacks include a 2024 suicide bombing of a refugee minister and a 2023 car bomb that killed a deputy governor.