Police sources confirmed that the incident occurred when Menapal entered his car after leaving a mosque, while the Taliban Movement claimed responsibility for the attack.
Before taking over as head of the Information and Media Center, Menapal served as presidential deputy spokesman between 2016 and 2020; he also served as head of the provincial information and media center in Kandahar in 2015.
He also worked as a journalist at Radio Azadi prior to his assignments in the Afghan government.
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