Akhtar Mohammad Shaheen, commander of the KPF and Paktia’s former police chief, was shot and killed Tuesday evening before Iftar time—the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset, said Dawood Amin, police chief of eastern Khost province.
According to the police chief, Shaheen was ambushed in an area in Tanai district of the province.
His son and uncle were also killed in the attack, according to the police chief, and a relative was injured.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
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