Sources have confirmed to KabulNow that a former army soldier was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Sunday night in front of his family, including two young children, at his home in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which is the capital of Balkh province.
The victim, identified as Sayed Khudadad, according to a source had his house searched by the Taliban several times. He had been working at a coal mine in Dara-i-Suf Bala district of Samangan province since the collapse of the previous government in August 2021, our source detailed.
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