The deputy of Counter-terrorism section of Shendand District Police was killed by unknown men on Wednesday afternoon in Herat, local officials said on Thursday.
Provincial governor's spokesman Mohyihuddin Noori said that the deputy counter-terrorism chief of Shendand district and a police officer were shot dead while they were on patrol in the centre of the district .
He added that the attackers have escaped from the area.
Local officials have started investigation on the incident, according to the provincial spokesman.
The incident took place while the security forces in Shindand District were destroying poppy cultivation fields in the district.
It comes as in a separate incident the High Peace Council Chief of Helmand Shah Wali Khan and two of his bodyguards were killed in a Taliban ambush in southern Helmand province early Wednesday.
The incident took place at about 10:00am in Yakhcha area of Gereshk district while Shah Wali Khan was travelling in the district to join a meeting with the residents to discuss about the fifth phase of security transition, provincial governor's spokesman Mohammad Omar Zhuwak said.
Four other of his bodyguards were injured in the attack.
Moalem Shah Wali Khan was also a tribal elder in Nawa district of the province and recently worked as the provincial chief of High Peace council.