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Former security official gunned down in Nangarhar

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JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have killed a former security official and resident of the Dara-i-Noor district of eastern Nangarhar province, residents said on Saturday.

Local officials, however, said it was an honour killing motivated by tensions among relatives.

Shaukat Khan, a resident of Dara-i-Noor district, said unknown gunmen shot dead Taj Mohammad, who served in the Public Order Police, on Friday. The incident took place in Sar Galak area, he added.

But the district’s administrative chief, Akhundzada Kochai, linked Taj Mohammad’s murder to personal enmity.

“The incident happened at Iftar time. The site where . . .

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