Abdul jabar qahraman biography channel

The Taliban militant group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for killing an Afghan parliamentary candidate and three of his advisers days before parliamentary elections.

A bomb had been planted in a sofa at Afghan politician Abdul Jabar Qahraman's campaign headquarters in the Helmand city of Lashkargah. It exploded while he was in a meeting with advisers.

In a statement, the Taliban said they had killed him and described him as "a renowned communist."

Qahraman served as a commander for the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War in the s. He was also appointed a regional security adviser to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in , but later stepped down.

'Brutal acts'

In the wake of the attack, President Ghani condemned the group, saying they will not undermine citizens' faith in democracy.

"Such brutal acts of the terrorists and their supporters cannot weaken people's trust in the peaceful and

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What 3 Deaths Among Thousands Tell Us About Afghanistan In

What 3 Deaths Among Thousands Tell Us About Afghanistan In

In , Afghanistan bled. Violence claimed the lives of nearly 3, civilians between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, the highest number in that same period since The death toll of Afghan security forces — which some estimates put at more than 9, this year, between 25 and 30 deaths a day — has been called "unsustainable" by the U.S. military.

The leading cause of civilian casualties was the use of improvised explosive devices, according to the U.N. There were suicide attacks and bombings at voting centers, schools and mosques. And there were U.S. airstrikes.

It all took place in this, the 17th year of America's longest war. U.S. combat troops have been in Afghanistan for nearly double the time they were in Vietnam. And the war has touched generations of Afghans.

Of the thousands of lives lost this year, three stand out. The lives and deaths of these three Afghan men help t