KANDAHAR, May 7: Taliban gunmen on motorcycles killed an Afghan judge as he left a mosque after saying prayers in Farah province, the provincial governor said.
Farah’s deputy civil court judge, Sheikh Mohammed, was shot dead after he left the mosque following evening prayers in Farah city, Izadullah Wasfi said.
“Two Taliban militants on motorcycles waited for Judge Mohammed as he left the mosque and shot him dead before speeding away,” Wasfi told the Associated Press.
Remnants of the toppled Taliban regime have been targeting Afghan officials in a campaign of violence against the new government.—AP
