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Three Pakistanis among 6 kidnapped in Afghanistan
[Pak Daily Times] A team of three Paks and three Afghans who were working on a road building project in northern Afghanistan have been kidnapped, a local official said on Friday.The five construction engineers and their Afghan driver were kidnapped as they travelled by convoy in the relatively peaceful north of the country late on Thursday, the local director of public works told AFP. "Six people have been kidnapped, three Pak engineers, two Afghan engineers and also their driver," said Enayatullah Zafar. "They were kidnapped as they were travelling from Jawzjan to Sari Pul province to start their work," said Zafar. Sari Pul province governor, Sayed Anwar Rahmati, said that police had been dispatched to the area to try to track down the men, who had been hired by the Afghan government to work on the project. No one has yet grabbed credit for the kidnapping, but Rahmati blamed the Taliban, saying "small groups" of the Orcs and similar vermin were operating in the mountainous area. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-19 |
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