KABUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen shot dead a member of the provincial council of Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, the provincial governor Abdul Latif Ibrahimi said Thursday.

    "Two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on Syed Noor Mohammad Agha, a member of Faryab's provincial council, killing him and injuring his guard on Wednesday," Ibrahimi told Xinhua.

    The incident occurred in Koh-e-Sayad village of Shirin Tagab district when Agha was coming out from a meeting, the governor added.

    He did not say who were behind the incident.

    It is the second deadly attack on a provincial council member over the past 10 days.

    Mohammad Yunis Hussaini, a member of the provincial council in the southern Kandahar province, was killed on Oct. 15 by militants.

    Due to rising Taliban-linked insurgence, Afghanistan has plunged into the worst spate of violence this year after the Taliban regime was toppled down five years ago.

    Over 2,500 people, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed in this volatile country this year.