Peshawar, Oct 29 (PTI) A deputy provincial governor ofAfghanistan's eastern Kunar province has been abducted byunidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province,according to officials.
Qazi Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Kunarand a leader of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin HekmatyarÂ’s Hizb-i-Islami, was kidnapped from Peshawar's Dabgari area on Friday,Afghan Consul General in Peshawar Moin Mrastyal saidyesterday.
No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping ofAhmadi who was here for treatment of a medical ailment.
Citing a police official, the Dawn said Ahmadi's brotherHabibullah had approached the police and told them that Ahmadihad come to Peshawar for treatment of his kidney ailment.
The official said the deputy governor did not possess apassport or other documents to validate his arrival inPeshawar, the paper reported.
He had visited different parts of Peshawar before someunidentified people took him away in a car from the Dabgariarea to some undisclosed location, it added.
"We are investigating the case to get any clue throughCCTVs at the Torkham border and other sources regarding thewhereabouts of the deputy governor, who had not followed thelegal procedure for coming to Peshawar," the official said.
An official from the Foreign Office confirmed that Afghandiplomats have sought help to locate the missing deputygovernor.
Hizb-i-Islami is internally facing a rift after Hekmatyarsigned a peace deal with the Afghan government last year.
Several top leaders of the group have since gone missingor have been killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The slain group members included Hekmatyar's secretarywho was also his son's father-in-law. He was killed by unknownmen in Peshawar.
Kunar is home to Islamic State and Tehreek-e-TalibanPakistan hideouts and a security operation against ISISmilitants is under way in the province.
Peshawar serves as the main hub of medical treatment forAfghans living in the provinces along the Pakistani border.
It is also home to thousands of Afghan refugees who livein the suburban areas. PTI SH UZMZH.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.