By KUNA,
Kabul : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned the assassination of member of Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of Parliament Haji Habibullah Khan.
In a statement released here from his office on Saturday, the president said those responsible for the dastardly act were the enemies of Afghan government and the people of Afghanistan.
Haji Habibullah was attacked by two unidentified armed men while on way home in Zherai district of the country’s southern Kandahar province on Friday evening. Taliban militants dissociated themselves from his killing.
“The enemies of Afghanistan, with such acts, were trying to silence the voice of Afghans for peace, but they must know that they will not succeed in their nefarious designs,” said the Afghan leader in his statement.
Karzai extended his heartfelt condolences to family members of the deceased parliamentarian and said those responsible for his killing would be brough to the book.