Afghan officials have found the body of a Turkish engineer seized in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday. The dead man, who had been working on a road project, was named by Turkey\'s ambassador to Afghanistan as Eyup Orel, Anatolia news agency reported. He was apparently killed after security forces closed in on his captors. His Afghan driver and interpreter had earlier been released. The identity of the kidnappers is not known. Officials say they escaped. \"After security forces cornered them, they released the driver and interpreter but killed... the Turkish engineer,\" interior ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told AFP news agency. Mr Eyup had been shot several times, provincial officials say. The men were abducted on Tuesday afternoon as they drove from the US-funded road project in Kunar to the city of Jalalabad where they were staying. Twelve armed men surrounded their vehicle, the driver and interpreter said. Their Toyota Corolla car was discovered abandoned just south of Asadabad, about 180km (110 miles) east of Kabul. Afghanistan\'s President Hamid Karzai said he was deeply saddened at the news. \"I am angered that the enemies of Afghanistan have killed a brother and fellow Muslim in pursuit of their goal of disrupting reconstruction in Afghanistan,\" he said in a statement. It is not clear who was behind the killing. Kunar has long been one of the most dangerous areas of eastern Afghanistan. It borders the Pakistani tribal areas and is seen as a base of support for Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a hardline former mujahideen leader who has called for the overthrow of President Hamid Karzai. (BBC)