A group of Taliban insurgents Wednesday ambushed convoy of Musa Qala district chief Mullah Abdulsallah in southern Afghan province of Helmand, killing at least 20 security guards, an official said on Thursday.
Dawud Ahmadi, the spokesman for provincial governor told Xinhua that Taliban militants launched attack on the convoy of Mullah Abdulsallah on his way from Kajaki district to Musa Qala, reported Xinhua .
Ahmadi said militants clashed with security guards of the district chief, killing 20 of them, but Mullah Abudulsallah escaped the life threat.
"Those militants disguised themselves in police uniforms and drove police vehicles while carrying out assaults," he added. "The investigation is going on at the battlefield."
