LONDON - A British woman and three of her Afghan colleagues have been kidnapped by armed men in a remote part of Afghanistan, an Afghan police chief said on Sunday. The police chief for Kunar province, a rugged region bordering Pakistan, said they were seized while visiting an unspecified project in the area. Khalilullah Ziayee described the abductors as armed men, saying a search was launched to find the group. The motive behind the kidnapping was not immediately clear, he said.
A spokesman for the Taleban earlier said he was unaware of the incident. In a brief statement BritainÂ’s Foreign Office confirmed it was urgently investigating reports a British citizen had gone missing in the country.
Kunar is an area held by the Taleban known for a series of foreign kidnappings in recent years.