Militants slay 2 senior Afghan leaders

Namatullah Yusuf Zai, southern Nimroz province's deputy governor, was driving to Kabul on Friday to attend a meeting on peace and reconciliation when militants stopped his car and killed him, Gov. Ghulam Dustaqir said. He blamed Taliban rebels for the attack.

Hours later, two insurgents walked into a mosque in neighbouring Helmand province and shot a former local district chief in the head while he prayed, Gov. Sher Mohammed Aghunzada.