Taliban shoot dead a civilian in Kandahar

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Two armed men on motorcycle gunned down a civilian in the southern province of Kandahar, officials and witnesses said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Monday morning when two motorcyclists shot dead a civilian named Mohammad Husain in the 16^th police district of Kandahar City, witness Noor Mohammad told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Police have launched an investigation to arrest the attackers, said the provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Razaq.

A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said they killed Husain because he was a teacher in a police training centre and also worked for the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), a government initiative that implements development projects in the provinces.

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