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Iran envoy abducted in Pakistan

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 05:08 GMT,
Thursday, 13 November 2008

Iran envoy abducted in Pakistan

Gunmen have kidnapped a diplomat from Iran and killed
his guard in the north-western Pakistani city of
Peshawar, police say.

The Iranian diplomat was said to be the commercial
attache of the consulate.

The incident happened a day after an American aid
worker and his driver were shot dead as they travelled
to work in a suburb of the city.

-snip-

A police officer told the AFP news agency that the
diplomat was travelling to the consulate in Peshawar
when the gunmen attacked his car.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7726107.stm

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