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Taliban release Indian engineers
Two Indian engineers kidnapped by suspected Taliban rebels nearly three weeks ago in one of a spate of attacks on workers linked to a U.S.-backed road project have been freed, a senior Interior Ministry official said Wednesday. The engineers were abducted Dec. 6 on a shopping trip in southern Zabul province, where they were working on the refurbishment of the Kabul-Kandahar highway, the countryâs main transport artery. It was unclear if the government had made any concessions to the kidnappers to secure their release. On Monday, an official in southern Zabul province, which the road runs through, said Taliban rebels had sent a letter demanding the release of 55 of their prisoners in return for the engineers. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-12-24 |
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