Ex-senator Hassan Hotak shot dead in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): Former senator from southern Zabul province Mohammad Hassan Hotak has been gunned down in Kabul, an official said on Monday.

Police spokesman Firdos Faramarz told Pajhwok Afghan News the ex-lawmaker was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Qala-i-Wazir area on Sunday evening.

He said armed men were involved in the attack on Hotak, and that police had launched an investigation into the incident.

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