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| Afghan district governor kidnapped |
| 2011-07-03 |
| [Dawn] Suspected cut-throats have kidnapped the governor of a volatile Afghan district near the border with Pakistain, a senior local official said Saturday. Musafir Khan Qayumzai, district governor of Ghazi Abad, was snatched Friday along with his son and two bodyguards, said Kunar provincial governor Sayed Fazlullah Waahedi. "When he was en route to his office from home, he was taken out of his car by faceless myrmidons and was taken away," Waahedi said. He added that local officials have now "taken steps to release the district governor through tribal mediation and negotiation with the Taliban." The Taliban and other cut-throats frequently kidnap police, soldiers and NGO workers in Afghanistan but it is relatively rare for them to target prominent local politicians. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 As with nearly everything in Afghanistan, "kidnapping" is not always as it seems. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-07-03 04:43 |
| #1 I take it district governor is equivalent to the US county commissioner. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-07-03 00:25 |