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Afghanistan
Ghazni Hostages Released
2015-08-16
[Tolo News] The remaining ten passengers out of 17 who were kidnapped in central Ghazni province last week were released on Friday evening, local officials said on Saturday.

The passengers were kidnapped in Qarabagh and Jaghori district on Tuesday. Seven of them were released on Wednesday after tribal elders negotiated with the hostage-takers. Ten others were released on Friday evening, a member of Provincial Council of Ghazni, Hassan Reza Yousufi said.

"All the passengers were released and have joined their families in Jaghori," he said.

Earlier, Yousufi warned "if the government does not send troops in to secure the highways of the districts, the highways will become more insecure."
The government is far away. The districts are here. Why not train the unemployed younger sons as a civilian guard, then have them patrol the highways? We in the West have heard much of the vaunted fierceness of the Afghan -- prove it.
Kidnapping cases have increased substantially in the country in recent months, especially on provincial highways.

In February, armed gunnies kidnapped 31 bus passengers in Zabul. After months of negotiations 19 were released in a reported prisoner swap. However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
 the whereabouts of the remaining 12 hostages is still unknown.
Posted by:Fred

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