“„“Five or six” gunmen fired on the car of the senior diplomat, Afghan’s consul general in Peshawar, as it was passing through a wealthy neighborhood in Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province, according to a spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry. The driver was killed, and the diplomat, Abdul Khaliq Farahi was taken to an unknown location, the spokesman, Sultan Ahmad Baheen, said.
“„Mr. Farahi, who has served in Peshawar since 2001, was one of several candidates to become Afghanistan’s next ambassador to Pakistan.