Local legislator in Afghanistan killed in shootout with security forces 1 minute read
Kabul, Jan 14 (efe-epa) – Regional legislator of the western Afghan province of Ghor, Ezatullah Big, was killed on Thursday in a shootout with Afghan security forces while trying to avoid arrest, leading to tension in the region due to calls for revenge by his armed supporters.
The incident occurred shortly before noon in Firozkoh, the capital of Ghor, when security forces tried to arrest the member of the Provincial Council for allegedly being responsible for the death of another parliamentarian and a journalist.
A member of the security forces was also killed in the shooting, while two other Afghan troops and two of the Big’s bodyguards were injured, Ghor’s Governor Noor Muhammad Kohnaward told EFE.