Unidentified gunmen shot dead the deputy education head for Dand district of Kandahar province on Saturday.
Abdul Jalil, the deputy education head for Dand, came under attack from suspected insurgents in Karz area, said Kandahar education department spokesman Fida Mohammad Samimi.
Jalil also headed the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) office in Dand district and was a member of the party’s commission on prisoners in Kandahar.
HIA sources in Kabul confirmed the killing of Abdul Jalil who was also known as Haji Pacha Barikzai.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the murder.
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