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- ↑ Abdul Maqsud Azizi (2012-02-25). "MP's son kidnapped in Logar". Pajhwok Afghan News. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
Khalid, the son of Haji Ali Mohammad, was kidnapped on Friday evening in the Padkhwab-i-Shana area on the outskirts of Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital city, a crime branch police officer, Khan Agha, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
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