ISLAMABAD, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead an Afghan politician in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, according to local reports.
The killed, Ustad Fareed, was a close aide of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, chief of the Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, or the Islamic Party.
The gunmen fired at Fareed in Peshta Khara area of Peshawar on his way home after he offered morning prayers in a mosque, police and witnesses told local media.
The gunmen fled after the incident. No group has claimed the attack.
A spokesman from the party was quoted by media as saying that the murder of the party leader is "politically motivated."
