LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Local officials on Sunday accused the Taliban of killing a tribal elder in Garamser district of southern Helmand province, but the rebels rejected the claim.
The Helmand governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants forcibly took away tribal elder Haji Zahir Khan from his home in Lakari area last night and later shot him dead.
Zwak said Zahir Khan was a local influential figure, but he had neither any connection with the government or enmity with anyone.
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