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| Politician found beheaded in Afghanistan |
| 2011-06-08 |
| [Emirates 24/7] Police found the beheaded body of a politician in central Afghanistan on Tuesday, three days after he was kidnapped by suspected Taliban-linked thugs, a police commander said. Jawad Zahaak was head of the provincial council in Bamiyan, seen as one of the country's most peaceful areas and among the first wave of places to transition from Western to Afghan security control from around July. He was kidnapped while travelling in the neighbouring province of Parwan on Saturday and his beheaded body was founded dumped near a main road, Parwan police chief Sher Ahmad Maladani told AFP. "Police found his body near the road. He had been beheaded," the police commander said, blaming the Taliban. Maladani added that the police had tried to rescue Zahaak but had not succeeded. |
| Posted by:Fred |