KABUL, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two gunmen Saturday shot dead a teacher with the municipal police academy school in Kandahar city, the capital of southern Afghan province of Kandahar, said an official on Sunday.

    Nasrullah Zarifi, schoolmaster of the police academy, told Xinhua that the attack occurred in 2nd district of Kandahar city when two armed men in motorbike opened fire at Abdul Razek Nawabi,a teacher in the academy, on his way home from work, killing him on the spot.

    No group or individuals have yet to claim responsibility for the attack but Taliban militants often carried out such assaults against those working for government and international troops.

    Spiraling conflicts and Taliban-linked insurgency have claimed the lives of around 5,000 people so far this year in strife-torn Afghanistan while Taliban insurgents have vowed to intensify assaults against interests of the Afghan government and international troops before the coming winter.