Former legislator from Logar gued down in Kabul

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A former lawmaker from central Logar province, Dr. Asadullah Himmatyar, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul, police said on Sunday.

The ex-legislator was gued down by unidentified assailants in the Stanikzai Meena area of the central capital, a Kabul police officer told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Although police spokesman Basir Mujahid said he was unaware of the assassination, the crime branch confirmed the shooting of Dr. Himmatyar near his clinic.

Haji Habibullah Stanikzai, the Logar provincial council chief, said Himmatyar was dued down at 9pm in his clinic in the 8^th police district. The attackers managed to escape, he added. No one has been arrested so far in coection with the shooting.

While confirming the murder, Logar goveor’s spokesman Salim Saleh said Himmatyar would be laid to rest later in the day in the graveyard for parliamentarians in Kabul.

A day after, a bomb explosion hit the vehicle carrying the the HR department head of the the Wolesi Jirga, leaving him dead along with another individual.Sher Wali Wardak, another MP, was killed in an explosion in Kabul last month.

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