12-07-2003, 01:22 PM
Two Indian engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan
Kabul: Two Indian road engineers were kidnapped in Afghanistan on the same highway where a truck was abducted by Taliban last month, Afghan and Indian officials said.
The engineers disappeared at about 6:00 pm yesterday near Shajoy in Zabul province while traveling along the country's main highway between the Kabul and Kandahar, Helalludin, an aide to Afghan interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, said.
"Unfortunately, without telling the security authorities, these two people took a car between two villages and have been captured or attacked by Taliban," Helalludin told the Associated Press. "Police are trying to find them."
He said authorities had no contact with the kidnappers and had received no demands in return for the Indian's freedom.
"But we know what kind of people they are. The police are sure" they are Taliban, he said.
An Indian embassy official said the two were traveling with an Afghan driver and another Afghan employee when they were stopped.
"They roughed up the driver and he was able to return to the company. They let the other Afghan go as well. They just took the Indians," the official said.
The official declined to be identified and had no further details. Agencies
Kabul: Two Indian road engineers were kidnapped in Afghanistan on the same highway where a truck was abducted by Taliban last month, Afghan and Indian officials said.
The engineers disappeared at about 6:00 pm yesterday near Shajoy in Zabul province while traveling along the country's main highway between the Kabul and Kandahar, Helalludin, an aide to Afghan interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, said.
"Unfortunately, without telling the security authorities, these two people took a car between two villages and have been captured or attacked by Taliban," Helalludin told the Associated Press. "Police are trying to find them."
He said authorities had no contact with the kidnappers and had received no demands in return for the Indian's freedom.
"But we know what kind of people they are. The police are sure" they are Taliban, he said.
An Indian embassy official said the two were traveling with an Afghan driver and another Afghan employee when they were stopped.
"They roughed up the driver and he was able to return to the company. They let the other Afghan go as well. They just took the Indians," the official said.
The official declined to be identified and had no further details. Agencies