RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Autor): „Two Foreign Women Reported Abducted In Afghanistan“, Dokument #1282148

Two Foreign Women Reported Abducted In Afghanistan

By RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan

May 23, 2012

Two foreign aid workers and three Afghan colleagues have been abducted by unknown armed men in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Afghan authorities reported.

A spokesman for the provincial governor said the aid team was traveling between villages when the armed gunmen stopped their vehicle.

The names and nationalities of the foreign aid workers, and their employer, have not been officially released.

Police are searching for the victims in a mountainous area of the Shahr-e Bozorg district.

Officials said a local criminal gang was suspected, rather than Taliban militants.

With reporting by dpa and AFP

ecoi.net-Beschreibung:: Provinz Badachschan: Laut örtlichen Behörden wurden 2 ausländische Mitarbeiterinnen internationaler Hilfsorganisationen und 3 ihrer örtlichen Kolleg·innen von unbekannten bewaffneten Männern entführt

Land:: Afghanistan
Quelle:: RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Autor)
Veröffentlicht:: 23. Mai 2012
Originallink:: http://www.rferl.org/content/two-foreign-women-abducted-in-afghanistan/24590041.html
Dokumentart:: Medienbericht
Sprache:: Englisch
Dokument-ID:: 1282148 (frühere ID 217884)