On January 9, First Vice President (VP) Amrullah Saleh stated that a small group of Taliban the Muslimyar group, which operates in Logar Province, is behind the assassination of Yousuf Rashid, Chief Executive Officer of Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA), reports Bakhtar News. “One of the assassins had made himself a classmate of Yusuf Khan’s son in order to [collect information] and implement their plan,” VP Saleh added.
Meanwhile, Ministry of Interior (MoI) stated that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Yousuf Rashid, reports Bakhtar News. Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the Ministry stated that the case is still under investigation, “other suspects are also involved in this incident.”