KANDAHAR - A medical team of 15 people, mainly doctors and nurses, was kidnapped on Thursday while travelling to a refugee camp in AfghanistanÂ’s troubled southern province of Kandahar, an official said. The medical team, employed by KandaharÂ’s refugee department, was travelling by bus to Taleban-dominated Zairai district when unidentified men hijacked their vehicle, said refugee department official Agha Jan Nazari.
“We had a 15-member doctor team travelling to that district. Unknown people have kidnapped them and we don’t know anything about their fates,” he said. “The kidnappers have not contacted us so far yet.” The team, which included a driver and two women, was kidnapped in the early morning, he said.
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