Ex-president shocked by PTM activist’s killing

KABUL (Pajhwok): Former president Hamid Karzai on Saturday voiced his deep condolences over the killing of Pakhtun rights activist Arif Wazir.

The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Islamabad earlier in the day.

In a statement from his office, the ex-president expressed profound sympathies with the victim’s family and friends.

Wazir was strolling outside his residence in Ghwa Khwa, near Wana, when unidentified gunmen opened fire on him from a vehicle.

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