Driver killed in the firing and ambassador Abdul Khaliq Farahi abducted

PESHAWAR: Afghanistan's ambassador designate to Pakistan was abducted and his driver killed in an ambush on the diplomat's car Monday, in Peshawar, Afghan consulate said.

"The driver was killed in the firing and ambassador Abdul Khaliq Farahi has been abducted," said by the spokesman and commercial attaché of Afghan embassy Noor Mohammad.

Gunmen opened fire on the car as it was taking the ambassador from the consulate in the city centre to his home in a plush suburb of Hayatabad area near the Afghan border.

The consul, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, was due to take over in coming days as the Afghan ambassador to Islamabad, officials said.