Former Afghan Presidential Candidate Kidnapped In Kabul

KABUL (AFP)--Unknown assailants kidnapped a one-time Afghan presidential candidate and a relative of the late king near his home in the capital Kabul, police said Monday, in the latest in a spate of abductions.

Asifi, aged in his 60s, was a brother-in-law of former King Mohammed Zahir Shah who died last year. Zahir Shah was overthrown in a 1973 coup.

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