The Taliban have claimed the killing of a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister for minority affairs who was shot dead in Buner district. Gunmen on motorbikes stopped Sardar Soran Singh's car in Buner district, some 160 kilometres (100 miles) north-east of Peshawar, Friday evening and opened fire, killing him on the spot. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing of Singh, who was minority affairs minister for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
"These activities will continue until implementation of Islamic system in Pakistan," Muhammad Khurasani, spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, said in an emailed statement late Friday.