Two gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot dead a senior Taliban leader on Wednesday, sources told Daily Times on Thursday. Two gunmen riding on a motorbike opened fire at Maulvi Noor Muhamad on Dalazak Road and fled. Maulvi Noor was killed instantly. Sources said that Maulvi Noor was a former Taliban commander in Nangarhar province. "One of Maulvi Noor's killers has been arrested but he is tightlipped about his motive behind the murder," a police source told Daily Times.
However, security forces suspected the murdered man might not be Maulvi Noor. "We showed his photo to an Afghan leader who said that the man was not Maulvi Noor," sources quoted intelligence officials as saying. Nevertheless, an exiled Afghan leader in Peshawar confirmed that the murdered man was Maulvi Noor. Meanwhile, two other Talbian commanders Maulvi Muhammad Suleman and Yahya were reportedly seen in Peshawar. "We are scouring the city in search of them," a police source said.
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