Taliban say kill Afghan vote candidate, four others

[Eugene]

Taliban say kill Afghan vote candidate, four others
03 Sep 2005 07:18:47 GMT
Source: Reuters

KABUL, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents killed a kidnapped
candidate in Sept. 18 elections as well as a senior district official
and three policemen on Saturday, a Taliban spokesman said.

The candidate, Khan Mohammad,running for a seat on a provincial
council in Kandahar province, was captured along with a district
chief andthree policemen when they were travelling together in the
south of the country on Friday, police said.

"We have killed them. We shot them," the Taliban spokesman, Abdul
Latif Hakimi, told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.

There was no independent confirmation.

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