(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) A former Afghan Taliban minister Mulla Abdul Raqeeb was shot dead in Peshawar.
Mulla Abdul Raqeeb, a former Afghan Taliban minister for refugees, was on his to home on his motorcycle after attending a seminar at Madrassa Maabul Ulomul Quran when armed assailants riding a motorbike opened fire on hi
Police said that Mulla Abdul Raqeeb was shot on Canal Road after he left the seminary in the limits of Tehkal Police Station and died on the spo
Sources said Mulla Raqeeb, was in favour of talks with the Afghan governmen
The killers managed to escape after committing the crime. Mulla Raqeeb was a learned scholar, politician, social worker and guardian of thousands of orphan
He has been shifted to Peshawar where he was teaching at a seminar
Senior leaders of the Afghan Taliban have been repeatedly targeted and killed in Quetta and Peshawar but nobody has ever claimed responsibility
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