PULI ALAM: Seven Pakistani workers were kidnapped near Kabul, the police said on Thursday.
The victims - engineers and workers assigned to a hospital construction project in Logar province - were returning to their accommodation after work when they were abducted at gunpoint.
“They were going home from work. Along the road, their minivan was stopped by unidentified gunmen, their driver was forced out of the car and they were taken to an undisclosed location,” Logar police chief Ghulam Sakhi Roghliwani said.
The abduction comes as Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan and the United States are at an all-time low after cross-border Nato airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani troops on Saturday.
“We’ve launched a search operation. We hope to find them and free them very soon,” said Roghliwani.
There was no claim of responsibility for the abduction but the police said the kidnapping might have been carried out by “criminal gangs” seeking a ransom.
The Taliban were not immediately contactable for comment.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2011.
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@Cautious - @You Said it - If unemployment is a problem in Afghanistan . . . .so why are they hiring so many Indians who do not even share any culture or religon with them??? Pakistan understands bad intentions!
@Afghan: Dear afghan and all other brothers, After reading the new today i tried to contact my brother who work in Logar and got the news that he is one of those kidnapped. I expect prayers from you
ah yousafzai
@Cautious: Unemployment in Afghan is a problem — so why are they hiring Pakistani’s?
Yet another way Pakistan actually benefits from the US presence in Afghanistan. The army knows this and its actual agenda is to prolong the US presence there -- hurdles in stabilizing Afghanistan help in that purpose. With the recent loya jirga verdict, US will be there till 2024, spending billions on AfPak in aid, supplies, etc. It's a nice cash cow.
@Anit Truth: One should contact Imran Khan he knows every thing about Tribal area and tribes. He is the ONLY one who can help.
He is also well loved there. He should be sent there himself -- it would be good for AfPak.
Unemployment in Afghan is a problem --- so why are they hiring Pakistani's?
One should contact Imran Khan he knows every thing about Tribal area and tribes. He is the ONLY one who can help.
Not a case. Just wait for the 'boss' to call them up and get the Pakistanis released. Unlike the Afghan hostages who get their throats slit by the end of the hostage.