KABUL -- Gunmen in Nangarhar and Kapisa provinces killed a schoolteacher and a religious scholar, respectively, Pajhwok Afghan News reported Wednesday (August 30).
Masked men killed teacher Mulvi Abdul Hakim in Khogyani District, Nangarhar, Tuesday (August 29), according to the provincial Education Department.
On the same night, gunmen assassinated prayer leader Qari Sayed Ali in Kohistan District, Kapisa, according to Kapisa police.