Deputy Governor Of Afghanistan’s Northeastern Abducted In Pakistan.
Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have soured because of Islamabad’s perceived support for Taliban insurgents trying to topple the Kabul government. (AFP)
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The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar has been kidnapped in neighboring Pakistan, officials said Sunday, an incident which could further strain relations between Islamabad and Kabul.
Muhammad Nabi Ahmadi arrived in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday for an appointment with a doctor, senior police official Muhamad Sajjad Khan.
“He was in the Dabgari neighborhood of the city when gunmen forced him into a vehicle and drove away,” he said.
An official from the Afghan consulate in Peshawar confirmed the incident on condition of anonymity.
No group has claimed responsibility.
The incident comes a more than a year after a former governor of Afghanistan’s Herat province was kidnapped at a tightly guarded market in Islamabad. He was freed in the northwestern city of Mardan two weeks later.
Relations between the two countries have soured because of Pakistan’s perceived support for Taliban insurgents trying to topple the Kabul government.
Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have soured because of Islamabad’s perceived support for Taliban insurgents trying to topple the Kabul government. (AFP)
Image / (AFP).
The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar has been kidnapped in neighboring Pakistan, officials said Sunday, an incident which could further strain relations between Islamabad and Kabul.
Muhammad Nabi Ahmadi arrived in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday for an appointment with a doctor, senior police official Muhamad Sajjad Khan.
“He was in the Dabgari neighborhood of the city when gunmen forced him into a vehicle and drove away,” he said.
An official from the Afghan consulate in Peshawar confirmed the incident on condition of anonymity.
No group has claimed responsibility.
The incident comes a more than a year after a former governor of Afghanistan’s Herat province was kidnapped at a tightly guarded market in Islamabad. He was freed in the northwestern city of Mardan two weeks later.
Relations between the two countries have soured because of Pakistan’s perceived support for Taliban insurgents trying to topple the Kabul government.
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