Afghan envoy to Pakistan kidnapped

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Source: CCTV.com | 09-23-2008 09:03

Pakistani official sources say the consul-general in Peshawar, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, was heading from the Afghan mission toward his home in Peshawar when gunmen stopped the vehicle. (CCTV.com)

Gunmen ambushed a car carrying a senior Afghan diplomat in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing the driver and kidnapping the envoy.

Pakistani official sources say the consul-general in Peshawar, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, was heading from the Afghan mission toward his home in Peshawar when gunmen stopped the vehicle.

Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry has confirmed the incident, and says Farahi was recently nominated as his country's next ambassador to Pakistan, but had not taken up the post.

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