JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen shot dead five members of a family and injured a sixth in the Qarghayo district of eastern Laghman province.
A resident of the area said three children and two girls were among those killed and the injured one was a man.
Salahuddin Zahid, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that unknown assailants gunned down three children and two girls of a family in limits of Qarghayo district.
He said police had launched an investigation and initial reports showed personal enmity was behind the incident.
Abdullah, a resident of the district, confirmed the incident and said the incident took place in Surkhakan area.
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