According to a Sputnik source in the province, Taliban militants kicked the singer out of his house in the Andarab district and killed him.
Earlier in the week, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid indicated in an interview with the New York Times that the movement may ban music in public as it is said to be forbidden in Islam, although the official insisted that the Taliban will opt for persuasion rather than pressure.
The Islamist movement already has a history of clamping down on music during the first time they governed Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001.