The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on March 31 said that General (Gen) Sharmila Frogh, head of NDS gender department, has died from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Kabul city, reports Tolo News. According the NDS, Gen. Sharmila and three others were wounded in Kabul city's PD9, near Qazi Palaza, on March 30; she succumbed from “severe wounds” on March 31. The NDS said that an IED was placed in her vehicle. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.