The minister of air transport and tourism in Afghanistan's interim government, Abdul Rahman, was beaten to death by Afghan pilgrims at Kabul airport on Thursday, Al-Jazeera television reported.
"Dr Abdul Rahman was beaten to death by Afghan pilgrims at Kabul airport as he prepared to leave for India," said Al-Jazeera's correspondent in the Afghan capital.
"Angry pilgrims assaulted the minister following rumours that he cancelled one of the flights taking them to Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj in order to use the plane to travel to India with his family," the Qatari-based channel added.
The Afghan interim cabinet will hold an emergency session to discuss the consequences of the incident, the first of its kind since it assumed office in December, he added. Bureau Report