The spokesman of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), Nasrat Rahimi has confirmed the incident, saying Sharifullah Chamto, police chief of western Badghis province, was killed in Police District 5 of the city around 12:45PM.
Rahimi further added that the Badghis Police chief was in Kabul to spend his vacation.
Taliban in a tweet claimed responsibility for killing the Police chief.
This comes as the security forces killed a terrorist who opened fire on an officer of the Afghan National Police in Kabul today.