Iranian diplomat kidnapped, guard killed in Peshawar: police

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat Thursday, killing his Pakistani police guard in the latest attack in the northwestern province bordering Afghanistan, police said. Hashmatullah Atharzadeh was on his way to the consulate in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, when unknown assailants attacked his car, police officer Banaras Khan said. "The attackers sprayed bullets, forcing the car to stop and then dragged out the diplomat while his police guard was killed," Khan said. They took away the diplomat in their own vehicle, another police officer, Abdul Qadir said. The ambush took place close to where unknown gunmen killed an American aid worker and his local driver on Wednesday.