Official: Gunmen kill judge and his bodyguard in attack in eastern Afghanistan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Afghan official says gunmen have killed a judge and his bodyguard in an attack in the country's east.
A provincial police spokesman says Abdul Latif, a district judge in the province of Herat, and the bodyguard were in a car when they were shot to death.
The spokesman, Abdul Raouf Ahmadi, says Latif was a judge in Karukh district. Ahmadi says police are investigating and that there have been no arrests so far in the case.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban and other insurgents frequently target Afghan officials as part of their campaign to undermine the Western-backed government.
The Taliban also have vowed to use force to disrupt Afghanistan's presidential elections slated for April 5.