Gunmen Kill Friend of Afghan President
From Times Wire Reports
Masked gunmen killed an ethnic Pushtun politician known as a close friend of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.
Shah Alam Khan was traveling in a vehicle when two men in another car opened fire and seriously wounded him in Wana, the main town of Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal region. He died on the way to a hospital.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
