2 including ex-lawmaker killed in targeted attacks in Afghanistan - World News
2021-05-02 12:36:10 GMT2021-05-02 20:36:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KABUL, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Two people have been killed in separate targeted killings in Afghanistan, the latest in a string of targeted attacks in the insurgency-hit country, authorities confirmed on Sunday. In northern Takhar province, a former member of national parliament, Piram Qul Ziahee, was killed and two of his comrades were injured in a bomb attack in Rustaq district at midday on Sunday, Abdul Khalil Asir from provincial police told Xinhua. In eastern Paktia province, a tribal elder, Akbar Pacha, was shot de...