The actor was identified as Qudos Farahmand. 

Police spokesman Mohammad Ikram Samee told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in Tashqurghan Tangi area of the district on Friday.

He told the Afghanistan-based news agency that two motorcyclists shot dead Farahmand in the area where he had gone for picnic.

The motive behind the killing is still not known.