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| 12 kidnapped De-miners Released |
| 2010-12-02 |
| [Tolo News] Twelve deminers working for OMAR demining agency who were kidnapped near the Torkham border have been released, local officials say Commander of the Afghan border forces in the east, Gen. Aminullah Amarkhail, told TOLOnews that 12 out of 16 kidnapped de-miners have been released and the remaining four are still being held by kidnappers. Mr Amarkhail did not elaborate further on how the de-miners were freed and who the kidnappers were. He added that the de-miners were kidnapped this morning. Police has already started a search operation for the other kidnapped de-miners. Afghan demining agency workers have often faced Islamic myrmidon attacks in the past. Insurgents have recently increased their activities in different parts of of Afghanistan including the eastern region, where they have widely used improvised bombs to attack Afghan and foreign forces. Yesterday, a group of unidentified gunnies kidnapped 9 guards of a private road construction company in Suroobi district of Kabul province. The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the 9 guards were kidnapped after faceless myrmidons attacked a convoy carrying 18 guards. There is no news of their whereabout since they disappeared, but MoI has pledged to track them. |
| Posted by:Fred |