According to local sources, two young men named Ghulam Reza and his brother were shot by unknown gunmen in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul last week.
Ghulam Reza was killed, and his brother was seriously injured.
The perpetrators and motives remain unclear, and Taliban officials have not commented on the incident.
This event comes amid rising crime and insecurity in Kabul and other parts of Afghanistan.
Similar cases of shootings and killings by unknown armed individuals have been reported previously in Kabul and other provinces.