Local sources confirmed that Maulvi Agha, an imam of a mosque in Babaji district of Helmand province, was killed on Wednesday, September 30, in an attack by unknown gunmen.
This incident occurred amid increasing attacks against religious figures in Afghanistan.
The Taliban group has not yet commented on this event, and further details about the attack are not available.
The killing of religious scholars and mosque imams in various parts of Afghanistan has heightened security concerns and demonstrates the unstable security situation in the country.