Afghanistan: Newly elected MP dies after gun battle
The fighting started after a businessman in Laghman, the province in which Muhabat won a seat in parliament, captured one of Muhabat's men in connection with a blaze at his firewood outlet late Saturday and handed him over to the police, according to the Afghan interior ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanizai. The newly elected MP then led a band of his men to confront the businessman early on Sunday, and fighting erupted between the two sides. Three of Muhabat's men were killed in the fighting and he himself was injured and died later.
Muhabat was a commander in the mujahadeen, which fought against occupying Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Another candidate of the landmark polls was also killed in early October when the ballots were still being counted. Link
db: The transition from bareback riding mujahadeen killer to bareback riding mujahadeen killer MP was always going to be difficult.
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