KABUL, 2010 (AFP) - Gunmen kidnapped 16 deminers in Afghanistan on Wednesday but released nine of them hours later before taking the rest to an unknown location, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the abduction in the restive Muhmand Dara district on the Pakistani ...
Gunmen abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Sunday. The men were kidnapped as they traveled between Paktia and Khost provinces on Saturday, said Paktia's police chief Azizullah Wardak. While insurgents operate in ...






