Local officials in Nangarhar said that a religious scholar was gunned down in Chaparhar district of the province last night.
Ataullah Khogyani, provincial governor’s spokesman, told Killid that the scholar, Maulavi Karim, was shot dead in his residence in Hadyakhail area of the district.
Khogyani added that police have launched an investigation.
No group has claimed responsibility yet.
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