PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a religious scholar in the Nahrain district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Saturday.
Police spokesman Maulvi Sher Ahmad Burhani told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Hafiza Bacha village of the district on Friday night.
Maulvi Nooruddin was gunned down by unknown armed assailants, he said, adding no arrest had been made in this regard, but a manhunt launched for the killers.
Gul Mohammad, a resident of the area, said: “Nooruddin had neither enmity with anyone nor he was imam (prayer leader) of any mosque . . .
