KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, December 23 (SPA) - Police shot dead an Afghan senator and his son in northern Baghlan province after their car ran a checkpoint in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the provincial governor and police chief said. Shirin Agha, a member of parliament"s upper house, was passing through an area where Afghan forces were chasing Taliban fighters, at around 2 a.m., when he was killed, Baghlan governor Akbar Barakzai told Reuters. "The police warned him to stop, but his driver either didn"t see or ignored it," Barakzai said. "The police fired at them, the bodyguard fired back. In the police firing the senator and his son were killed."Baghlan police chief Mohamed Kabir Andarabi said the senator"s son was also his driver.--SPA 14:30 LOCAL TIME 11:30 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/731118