<p>PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Unknown gunmen on Thursday killed a provincial council member along with his three security guards in northern Baghlan province, police said.</p>
<p>Another four guards of Alam Jan Mujahid were wounded in the attack that took place on Thursday afternoon in Hussainkhel area of Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, Baghlan police spokesman Zabihullah Shuja told Pajhwok Afghan News.</p>
<p>He said the public representative was on his way from Pul-i-Khumri to Qand Fabrika area when came under attack from unknown assailants. The police official said the attackers were yet to be identified but police were investigating the incident.</p>
<p>A shopkeeper in the area, Hamid Gul, said: “I saw a vehicle that stopped and gunmen inside opened fire at the car of Alam Jan who was killed along with some guards.”</p>
<p>Another resident of Hussainkhel area, Ghulam Sakhi, said: “I was home when I heard gunfire, when I came out of home, I saw Alam Jan Mujahid and his guards laying on the ground. Then police came and took them to hospital.”</p>
<p>The resident said it was a barbaric incident which occurred in broad daylight inside the provincial capital.</p>
<p>No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.</p>
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