Kabul - XINHUA
Unknown armed men opened fire on a female police officer in former Taliban stronghold Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, killing her son and injuring the lady police, said a press release of the provincial government.
\"Two masked persons riding a motorbike opened fire on a lady police officer in Dand district of Kandahar province this morning, injuring her and killing her son,\" the press release said.
\"The tragic incident took place at 07:30 a.m. local time when the lady police officer along with her son was on the way to office,\" the press release added.
The provincial government blamed the enemies of peace, a term used against Taliban militants by officials, for carrying out terror attacks in a bid to terrorize the people.
However, the Taliban militants who often target government employees and oppose women to work outside home, have not yet make comment.