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| Local elders mediate to release two hostages from Taliban in Ghazni |
| 2016-01-17 |
| Community elders have mediated to release two hostages from the custody of Taliban militants in southeastern Ghazni province. The two civilians spent several days in Taliban captivity before they were released and reunited with their families yesterday. Fahim Amiree, spokesperson for the police headquarters of Ghazni said the two civilians were dragged out of the vehicles in the jurisdiction of Qarabagh District while on their way from Jaghori District to the province capital. Taliban then took them to an undisclosed location but community elders mediated and secured their release. They are residents of Jaghori District. Ghazni has been the scene of several cases of abduction in recent months. About three months before militants kidnapped seven civilians including a child, two women and four men from Ghazni’s Gilan District and later their decapitated bodies were recovered in Khak-e-Afghan District of southern Zabul province. |
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