Unidentified men on Monday shot dead Afghan Taliban leader Maulvi Abdul Raqeeb.
The Afghan Taliban have confirmed the assassination and termed it a great loss and said, “A great advocate for peace and ward of hundreds of orphans.”
A police official said that Raqeeb was shot dead when he was coming out of a seminary in Tehkal. In the first information report (FIR), name of the deceased is mentioned as Abdullah, son of Abdul Bari from Takhar province of Afghanistan. However, his real name is Abdul Raqeeb who was minister for refugees and repatriation from 1998 until November 2001 last. No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the assassination.
Top Afghan Taliban leader Naseeruddin Haqqani was shot dead in Islamabad in November 2013.
Sources confirmed that Maulvi Raqeeb was running a seminary in Tehkal.
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