Former Afghan Senator shot dead by Taliban in eastern Logar province
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Former Afghan senator Abdul Wali Ahmadzai has been shot dead by Taliban militants in Pol-e Alam, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, after being kidnapped, a spokesman for the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
According to Deedar Lawang, the ex-senator was abducted by the Taliban on Monday night while visiting a village near Pol-e Alam to attend his sister's funeral.
Wali Ahamadzai was the representative of the Logar province in the upper house of the Afghan parliament during former President Hamid Karzai's first term.
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