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| 10 April 2005 | Sunday | 30 Safar 1426 |
Afghan politician beheaded
Lal Mohammad, a leading member of the Afghanistan Solidarity Party which backed President Hamid Karzai during last October’s election, was beheaded in the insurgency-hit Helmand province on Tuesday, party spokesman Massoud Mateen said.
“He was taken away from his house and beheaded,” he said, adding that the evidence pointed to members of the ousted Taliban regime being behind the attack.
Mr Mateen said that members of Lal Mohammad’s family had already fled his village in the Washir district of the province when the Taliban attacked a second time on Wednesday.
Helmand governor Sher Mohammad confirmed the killing but said that he did not know if Taliban militants were behind the killing.—AFP
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