LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Mullah Abdul Mannan Hanafi and Mullah Mohammad Akbar, former Taliban provincial governors and military commanders in Afghanistan, have been shot dead in an attack early Tuesday morning in Peshawar, police sources have told CNN.The sources told CNN that they had no information about the identity or motive of the gunmen. The Peshawar police said no arrests had been made in connection with the two killings.Hanafi, also known as Abdul Mannan Khawajazai Hanafi, had served as governor of Samangan, Sar-i-pul and Badghis provinces during the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.He was the military commander in Bamiyan province when the Taliban demolished the two giant Buddha statues there, intelligence sources told CNN.Akbar was the governor of Ghor province.After the Taliban regime collapsed, Hanafi was arrested in Balochistan province by Pakistani authorities and was detained for a few months, but was freed when no evidence of his involvement in military and terrorist activities was found.Hundreds of people attended funeral prayers for both men Wednesday in Chaman, Pakistan, a town on the border of Afghanistan. Later, Hanafi was buried in Chaman and Akbar's body was handed over to his relatives in Spin Boldakh, near the border in southern Afghanistan.
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