A 35-year-old Afghan-origin gym owner, Nadir Shah, was shot dead outside his gym in south Delhi's Greater Kailash on Thursday night, NDTV reported.

The incident was captured on CCTV footage, which showed an unidentified man opening fire at Shah while he was talking with another individual near some parked cars.

The assailant then fled the scene on a motorcycle parked nearby.

"He was immediately rushed to the hospital by his friends but was declared dead. A case under relevant sections is being registered, and further investigation is underway," the Delhi police said.

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday slammed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister's plan to send a delegation to Afghanistan for talks over security problems, calling the remarks "poisonous."

Speaking at Pakistan's parliament, Asif said that provinces cannot directly engage in negotiation with any other country, as it is tantamount to direct attack on the federation.

“Statement of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur is poisonous, province cannot engage directly,” Asif said.

Gandapur said on Wednesday that he would send a delegation to Afghanistan, criticizing that no one is giving importance to it despite being a neighbor.

He is a member of the party of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, and has repeatedly criticized the federal government's policies.

Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that attacks in the country are orchestrated in Afghanistan, but the Islamic Emirate has denied the claim, saying Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan's "security failure".

Kabul Municipality spokesman Nematullah Barakzai says that during the current solar year, the municipality has planted two million saplings and flowering plants throughout Kabul.

Barakzai, delivering Kabul Municipality’s annual report, said: “Two years ago, Kabul municipality planted 200,000 saplings, last year 600,000 saplings and this year two million saplings and ornamental flowers in Kabul city.”

Mohammad Khalid Sajestani, deputy head of the Kabul Municipality's Urban Services and Environmental Affairs, said that over 125 kilometers of public and secondary roads in Kabul city have been asphalted, paved, developed and constructed.

“New roads have been built in the city of Kabul and are practically at the service of the people,” said Sajestani.

According to the municipality, more than half a million tons of garbage from Kabul city has been cleared and moved to designated places during this period.

It has also blocked 625 houses due to lack of air filters and the revenue of Kabul municipality totaled 6 billion afghanis in the past year.

Kabul municipality also added that detailed plans, proposed plans for commercial and residential areas, issuance of 248 building permits and prevention of violations of 3095 buildings in 22 districts of Kabul city are major achievements of this department.

This department added that in cooperation with other organizations, it is working on 200 projects, of which 190 projects have been completed.

The officials of Kabul municipality have cleared 2,600 obstacles from different parts of the city to create urban order and normalize the traffic flow.