KHOST , Afghanistan, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified armed men shot dead a businessman and injured two others in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, police official Faizullah Ghairat said Thursday.
The incident took place at around 7 a.m. local time in Mardikhil area of the provincial capital Khost city, 150 km southeast of Kabul , where the trader and two of his family members were on their way to Khost city.
"The trader who owned a big butchery and a super store was killed and two of his family members were wounded in the attack," said the official to Xinhua.