Death
Daud was assassinated in a Taliban bomb attack in Taloqan, Afghanistan, after a meeting held in the headquarters of the provincial governor of Takhar Province. The attack caused six fatalities, among them two German soldiers. The commander of ISAF troops in North Afghanistan, General Markus Kneip, was wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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