Two assailants riding a cycle of violence
opened fire on Nayyar Iqbal as he bought goods from a shop, Pakistain's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Zahid Nasrullah Khan, said.Iqbal hailed from Sialkot and was working in the consulate's visa section.
Attaullah Khogyani, the front man for the provincial governor in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, confirmed his murder.
"Police have launched an investigation into the incident. No arrests have been made so far," Khogyani said.
Iqbal was an assistant to the consul general in Jalalabad, the capital of the restive Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistain.
Khan said he had "absolutely no idea" why Iqbal, a father of five, was targeted.
The staffer's body has been shifted to a hospital in Jalalabad for a postmortem examination.