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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban 'kidnap Afghan policemen' |
| 2011-03-28 |
| Taliban gunnies have kidnapped around 50 off-duty coppers in an ambush in a volatile province in northeastern Afghanistan, the jihad boy group and provincial officials have said. Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban front man, said on Sunday that the coppers, who were from Nuristan province, had just finished their training to join the force. In an emailed statement to news hounds, Mujahid said that the Taliban ambushed the men on Saturday afternoon after being tipped off that they would be traveling in Kunar province. ... which is right down the road from Binny's house in Chitral... Jamaluddin Badr, the Nuristan governor, said, "The coppers were kidnapped by faceless myrmidons in the Chapa Dara district of remote northeastern Kunar province after returning from neighbouring Nuristan province where they had travelled to collect their salaries." "The coppers were in civilian clothes and had no weapons with them," Badr told Rooters. Mohammad Farooq, a police brass hat in Nuristan, also confirmed the kidnapping. Kunar and Nuristan are remote and mountainous provinces that share a mostly non-existent border with lawless areas of neighbouring Pakistain, where gunnies are said to have safe havens from which they launch attacks into Afghanistan. The Taliban have stepped up attacks against coppers in recent months at a time when Kabul has announced security responsibilities for seven areas will be handed to Afghan forces in July. The process announced this week is programmed to end with the withdrawal of all foreign combat troops from the country by 2014. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 What were they all doing together without any weapons? A bus will hold fifty. And it's likely they were expected to draw weapons once they returned to Nuristan. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-03-28 22:48 |
| #2 Fifty guys kidnapped? What were they all doing together without any weapons? Playing tiddliwinks? C'mon. You sure they didn't defect? Honest? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-03-28 11:54 |
| #1 Whom they cannot bribe, they kidnap and murder. Incentivizes the survivors. It's the |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-28 02:28 |