Gunmen kill provincial judge, child in Afghanistan

Kabul: Afghan officials say gunmen have killed a provincial judge and his young niece in eastern Afghanistan.

A district official in Nangarhar province says the head of the appeals court for neighboring Kunar province was visiting family in a village outside of Jalalabad on Saturday when gunmen burst into the house and opened fire.

Khogyani District Administrator Mohammad Asan says Judge Mohammad Nasir was killed, along with his eight-year-old niece.