10 Facts About Arsala Jamal

Arsala Jamal was an Afghan government official, who served as governor of the provinces of Khost and Logar in Afghanistan.

Arsala Jamal was assassinated in a bomb attack in Logar province of Afghanistan on 15 October 2013.

Arsala Jamal was appointed the vice president of the Da Afghanistan Bank in 1992, Later he worked with the United Nations mission for Afghanistan based in Peshawar Pakistan.

Arsala Jamal served as the water and sanitation programme coordinator and emergency response coordinator for the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Development.

Arsala Jamal was nominated as minister for Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs and functioned as the acting minister, but failed to be confirmed by parliament.

Arsala Jamal was assassinated on October 15,2013, in a bomb attack.

Arsala Jamal was delivering a speech after an Eid prayer in Logar Province's main mosque in the provincial capital of Pul-i-Alam when the bomb went off.

Arsala Jamal had survived several previous assassination attempts, including a 2007 car bomb targeting his convoy, and two attacks in 2009 targeting his Khost office.

Arsala Jamal is the second governor of Logar to be assassinated; Abdullah Wardak was killed by a roadside bomb in 2008.

Arsala Jamal is survived by his wife and six children who live in Canada.