Another religious scholar shot dead in Nangarhar

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a religious scholar in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday morning, a resident said.

Mufti Saeedullah Saheel was a teacher at Ashabul Saffa Madrassa and served as prayer leader at a mosque in the Muqam Khan locality of Behsud district.

Maulvi Saheel was gunned down early in the morning on his way to the mosque for Fajr (morning) prayers, a local said.

He was the second religious scholar to be gunned down in the past two days by unknown assailants.

A recent surge in the killing of religious scholars in the eastern province has worried local residents.

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