A suicide attack killed an Afghan peace envoy and his son Friday in an eastern part of the country bordering Pakistan, AFP reported.

A suicide attack killed an Afghan peace envoy and his son Friday in an eastern part of the country bordering Pakistan, AFP reported.

Provincial Police Chief Ewaz Mohammad Nazari told AFP that “Head of the High Peace Council in Kunar province, Maulavi Mohammad Hashem Munib was the target.”

“He was on his way home from Friday prayers when he was attacked by a suicide attacker," he added.

Mohammad Masoom Stanikzai, a senior official of the national Peace Council, said: "With regret we have been made aware that Maulavi Mohammad Hashem Munib and his son have been martyred in a suicide attack in Kunar province.”

"He was an influential figure in Afghanistan and had drawn many insurgents to lay down arms and join the peace process... He was targeted by the enemies of peace,” Stanikzai added.