Va.-based aid group loses staffer in Afghan attack
The Virginia-based Christian Children’s Fund is reporting the death of a 52-year-old staffer in Kabul, Afghanistan, in a suicide bombing attack.
The fund said in a news release that Mohamad Shar was killed Sunday when a passing military vehicle was attacked.
The Virginia-based Christian Children’s Fund is reporting the death of a 52-year-old staffer in Kabul, Afghanistan, in a suicide bombing attack.
The fund said in a news release that Mohamad Shar was killed Sunday when a passing military vehicle was attacked.
The father of six was riding his bicycle in the area when he suffered fatal injuries from shrapnel.
Shar had worked for the humanitarian aid group for 18 months.
The Christian Children’s Fund has been in northern
Afghanistan since 2001 and works under the name of ChildFund Afghanistan.
Brief by The Associated Press
