Afghan police say they believe the Taliban abducted
nine members of a group working to remove deadly mines in southern Afghanistan.
Kandahar provincial police spokesman Ghorzang Afridi
says the de-mining workers were taken from the Loy Kariz area of Maiwand
district on Monday, reportedly as they were on their way back from work.
He said the workers had not informed police that they were operating in that
area.
No group has claimed responsibility for the
kidnapping, but it is a common tactic used by the Taliban, especially in their
traditional stronghold of Kandahar province. Local reports also say
tribal elders are working to secure the abductees' release.
A day earlier, authorities blamed the Taliban for
seizing a group of at least 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan after their
helicopter made an emergency landing.
The governor of Logar province, Arsla Jamal, said in
an interview with VOA Tuesday that they still do not know where the eight
Turks, one Russian and at least one Afghan are being held. He also said
that since the area they were taken from is very close to Pakistan, authorities
do not rule out the possibility that militants could have shifted them across
the porous border.
The helicopter landed late Sunday during bad weather
about 30 kilometers from the Pakistani border. It had been traveling from
Khost to the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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