Gunmen kill Sikh activist in Pakistan

Charanjit Singh, 52, was a well-known member of the country's minority Sikh community and an outspoken critic of the Taliban.

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan :  Police in Pakistan say gunmen riding on a motorcycle have shot and killed a human rights activist in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Charanjit Singh, 52, was a well-known member of the country's minority Sikh community and an outspoken critic of the Taliban.

Local police chief Shaukat Khan said Singh was killed at a shop on Tuesday. His funeral was held Wednesday.

Singh's family in recent years had migrated to Peshawar from the Khyber tribal region, where he had been a vocal supporter of the military's efforts to crack down on Islamist extremists.

Most Sikhs went to India during the 1947 partition, with only a few thousand remaining in Pakistan.

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