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18 Apr 2011 15:49

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World: Taliban captures engineers in Farah province

  • twelve Iranian engineers in Afghanistan have been kidnapped by the Taliban
  • five Afghans who were working with the Iranians were also captured source
  • ยป It happened in Farah province, near the Iranian border. Afghanistan’s embassy in Tehran called for swift action, as Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said he wants “Kabul authorities to exercise their responsibilities with regard to Iranian nationals and to take firm and swift action on this kidnapping.”

20 Jun 2009 13:25

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World: NYT reporter David Rohde escapes a Taliban kidnapping. Whoa!

  • 7 months in captivity of the Taliban in Pakistan in Afghanistan source