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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan Senator Dies in Police Ambush |
| 2009-12-24 |
| [Quqnoos] Afghan police gun down an Afghan Senator Wednesday morning in the northern Baghlan province, officials said. Younos Shirinagha, a member of the Upper House of the parliament from the province of Baghlan, was ambushed Wednesday early morning as he was driving with his guard and driver, police said. Mr Shirinagha's driver also was killed and one of his friends was wounded, according to the Interior Ministry statement. Officers were hiding in an area near the provincial capital, Pul-e-Khumri, where they expected militants to transport a Taliban commander wounded in fighting Tuesday, local police said. That battle left four police officers and four insurgents dead, according to police. When Shirnagha's vehicle arrived in the area, police shouted for it to stop. When the driver did not stop, a gunfight broke out between police officers and bodyguards protecting Shirinagha. A senior delegation has been dispatched to the province to probe the killing of the Afghan senator. The parliamentarian, Shirinagha, was the 11th MP to be killed since Afghanistan's first democratically chosen parliament was elected in 2005. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 At least Afghanistan has term limits ... of a sort. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-24 14:58 |
| #1 Shirinagha, was the 11th MP to be killed since Afghanistan's first democratically chosen parliament was elected in 2005 A very robust democracy. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-24 09:46 |