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Unknown gunmen kill 2 people in S. Afghanistan

Xinhua, November 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Unknown gunmen attacked a house in the southern Uruzgan province early Monday, killing a man and a woman and injuring another, a local official said.

The incident, according to the official who declined to be identified, took place in Putikalacha locality on the outskirt of provincial capital Trinkot in the wee hours of Monday.

Without giving more details, the official added that search operation to identify and arrest the culprits was underway.

Unknown armed men have killed Amanullah Ataee, head of the private television channel Asia Television and badly injured the renowned and well-respected political analyst Ahmad Sayedi in the capital over the past week. Enditem