KABUL (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have killed a tribal elder in the Khas Uruzgan district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Saturday.
Deputy Police Chief Mawlavi Amin told Pajhwok Afghan News the deceased person was Rozi Khan and was the resident of Khas Uruzgan district.
He said Khan was killed in an armed attack on Friday night in the old city area of the district.
Mawlavi Amin said the Khan had not government job in the previous regime or in the current regime and he also had no enmity with anyone.
A local resident on the condition of anonymity said that Khan was a respected tribal elder and the mediated in several disputes for years.
He said if the perpetrators behind such incidents are not held then other people will also start to afraid.
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