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Former Afghan PM shot dead in Kabul

A lawmaker who briefly served as prime minister during Afghanistan’s civil war was shot and killed outside him home in Kabul on Wednesday. Abdul Saboor Farid, a member of Afghanistan’s upper house of parliament, was prime minister for one month in 1992 when the country plunged into a bitter civil war following the defeat of the Soviet army by the U.S.-backed mujahedeen fighters. Full Story