Cleric Slain After Speech Against Taliban Leader
From Times Wire Reports
Gunmen killed a prominent anti-Taliban cleric in southern Afghanistan. Mawlavi Abdullah Fayaz was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle as he was leaving his office in the heart of Kandahar, witnesses said.
Fayaz was head of a government-appointed scholars council and last week gave a stern speech at a gathering of clerics against Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.
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