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Baghlan attorney-general shot dead; son escapes unhurt

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PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The attorney general for northern Baghlan province was shot dead in an attack in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, on Tuesday morning.

Eyewitnesses said the attorney general was going from home to office when a group of gunmen attacked him near a Qand (Sweets) factory in the city at around 7:30am. The attackers managed to escape.

A taxi driver and eyewitness, Mohiuddin, told Pajhwok Afghan News the official came under gunfire from another car with tinted glasses, which suddenly came out of a street to the road.

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