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Afghan deputy governor ‘abducted’ from Peshawar

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: An Afghan province’s Deputy Governor, Muhammad Nabi Ahmadi, was “abducted” from Peshawar on Friday, Afghan Consul General Moin Mrastyal said on Saturday, though Pakistani law enforcement agencies said they had no information on the incident.

According to the Afghan diplomat, Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s Kunar province, was abducted from Peshawar’s Dabgar area. He had been in Peshawar for treatment of a medical ailment.

His abduction had first been reported by an Afghan news agency and confirmed by the Afghan consul general on Saturday. The envoy said he had been approached by Ahmadi’s family with news of his abduction.

However, no confirmation of the incident has been received from Pakistani security forces. Capital City Police Officer Peshawar Tahir Khan told DawnNews that police has no information regarding the abduction.

The Frontier Post

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