Gunmen kill tribal elder, deputy police chief

Staff Report

KANDAHAR -- A tribal elder and deputy police chief for Khost province were killed in separate incidents in Kandahar and Jawzjan provinces, respectively, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.

A tribal elder of Uruzgan province, Haji Zainullah, was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on Monday (February 13), governor's spokesman Samim Khpalwak said.

The Khost deputy police chief was gunned down in the Hazrat Jee Baba locality of Kandahar city on Sunday (February 12), Khpalwak said, adding that the killers escaped.

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