Taliban kill mullah critical of suicide attacks

Suspected Taliban terrorists killed a religious leader in western Afghanistan after he criticized the use of suicide attacks in the country, an Afghan official said Friday.

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Gunmen kidnapped Shamsudin Agha in Farah province's Anar Dara district on Tuesday, days after he led prayers condemning the practice of using suicide attacks as a weapon of war, said provincial police Chief Abdul Ghafar Watandar. Authorities recovered Agha's body on Wednesday night in Farah's Khaki Safed district, Watandar said. More...