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Afghanistan
Foreign female aid worker kidnapped from Jalalabad city
2016-04-29
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A foreign female aid worker has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunnies from Jallabad city, the historic provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province.

According to the local officials in Nangarhar province, they are aware of an incident involving the kidnapping of a woman in the vicinity of this province.

Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed that the women was working with DACAAR non-governmental organization and was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday morning.

No group has so far grabbed credit behind the abduction of the aid worker so far.

Nangarhar is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed hard boy groups are actively operating in a number of its districts.

Insurgents loyal to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have also gained foothold in a number of its remote districts during the recent months.

Incidents involving kidnapping on highways have not been rare on main highways of the country, specifically in volatile provinces.

The anti-government armed bully boyz are normally abducting the civilians amid suspicion they work for the government or foreign organizations, although kidnap for ransoms have been rife in the country.
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