Among the five killed in the attack was the newly named head of the appeals court, Rahimzai said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, with spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid saying it was in response to the government's execution of six Taliban prisoners in early May. Two attackers opened fire at an appeals court in Pul-e Alam in Logar province, just south of the Afghan capital city of Kabul, according to the province's deputy police chief Nesar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai. The executions followed a deadly attack in Kabul that killed at least 64 people, prompting President Ashraf Ghani to declare that the "time of unjustified amnesty" for insurgents was over. The gunmen injured at least 19 other people before being killed by security forces, he added.

Source: Standard Digital June 05, 2016 09:33 UTC