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KABUL, Sept 3 (AFP): Two missing Japanese tourists were confirmed dead in Afghanistan Saturday after doctors matched their dental records with those of two bodies found earlier this week, a health official said. "In the three-and-half-hour examination we found that the dental examinations matched the dental records provided to us by the Japanese embassy of the two missing Japanese," Dr Ehsanullah Alimi, director of the medical jurisprudence hospital in Kabul, said.
Another report adds;The Taliban Saturday claimed they had executed five people, including a candidate in the upcoming polls and a district governor, in southern Afghanistan.
Earlier, Afghan officials said candidate Mohammed Yaqoob and Ghorak district governor Haji Mohammed Nawab were abducted along with three police guards from a road 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Kandahar city Friday.
A purported spokesman for the ousted Taliban regime, Abdul Latif Hakimi, claimed responsibility for the abduction and said militants had killed the five men.
Nawab, who was recently appointed governor, was on his way to the district to take up his new responsibilities, Pacha said.
Islamic militants have stepped up attacks on Afghan and foreign troops, foreign aid agencies and candidates for the September 18 parliamentary polls.
Southern Afghanistan is wracked by violence linked to militants from the Taliban, who were ousted by US-led forces in late 2001. More than 1,000 people have died so far this year.
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