Former New York Times Translator, Noor Ahmad Noori, Found Dead In Afghanistan

Former NY Times Translator Found Dead In Afghanistan
Members of the media try to protect themselves from dust from a British forces transport helicopter as it lands at the forward operating base Sterga II at Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)
Members of the media try to protect themselves from dust from a British forces transport helicopter as it lands at the forward operating base Sterga II at Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Noor Ahmad Noori, an Afghan translator who formerly worked for The New York Times in Afghanistan, was found beaten and stabbed to death, wrapped in a sack and dumped on a roadside late Thursday outside Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province, where he lived, government officials and family members reported.

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