KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have shot dead Maulvi Abdul Baqi in the ninth Kandahar Police district of Kandahar City, an official said on Wednesday.
Security officials told Pajhwok Afghan News that the gunmen killed the prayer leader in front of his house on Wednesday morning.
Abdul Baqi is the second religious scholar killed in a targeted attack in less than a week.
Three days back. Maulvi Abdul Bari, who ran a religious school, was killed inside his house in the same locality.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the incident.
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