Kabul May 9 (IANS) A senior religious official was killed on Tuesday in an explosion in Afghanistan s Parwan province officials said.
Chief of Provincial Ulema Council Abdul Rahim Shah Hanafi was killed following an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion inside a seminary school Xinhua news agency quoted the officials as saying.
The attack took place when Hanafi was holding a class in the provincial capital city of Charikar. Seven students were injured.
No group has claimed responsibility yet.
--IANS
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Afghan religious official killed in explosion
