Taliban have shot dead, Sayyed Abdulalim Sadat, member of Samangan provincial council, according to Samangan police HQ.

Spokesman for Samangan police headquarters, Monir Rahimi, said that they found the dead body of Mr Sadat on Sunday morning.

Sadat and four others were heading to Kabul on Saturday when Taliban kidnapped them in Chasma-e-Shir area, on Samangan-Baghlan highway. The fate of four associates of Mr Sadat still remains unknown.

Arezo News Website – Salimi