Religious scholar gunned down in Farah

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have shot dead the Imam in the western Farah province, an official said on Friday.

Abdul Jabbar Mutmaeen, director of the Hajj and Religious Affairs, told Pajhwok Afghan News religious scholar and Imam Abdul Karim Haqmal was shot dead on Thursday in the Barinkot locality.

According to the source, Barinkot is the stronghold of Taliban and under the group control from the past two years.

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