Abduction fears for foreigners
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October 14, 2012, Sunday
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TWO foreigners, thought to be a Canadian and a US citizen, were reported missing yesterday by a provincial reconstruction team in volatile Wardak, west of Kabul, and were feared to have been kidnapped, Afghan police said.
Rumors of the abduction of a man and a woman by either insurgents or criminal gangs have circulated for several days, but US and Canadian diplomats said they were unaware of anyone reported missing.
"According to the Provincial Reconstruction Team report, they had planned to travel from Kabul to Wardak," Wardak police spokesman Wali Mohammad said.
"The missing foreigners were in contact until they reached the Kampany area on Kabul's outskirts. After that they lost contact," Mohammad said.
"We have information they may have been kidnapped."
NATO-led forces said they were aware of the kidnap reports, but the search for the missing pair was being handled by diplomats and Afghan police.
A US embassy spokesman in Kabul late on Friday said there was no information on a missing American.
Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs said it was studying reports but did not confirm a citizen missing.
Rumors of the abduction of a man and a woman by either insurgents or criminal gangs have circulated for several days, but US and Canadian diplomats said they were unaware of anyone reported missing.
"According to the Provincial Reconstruction Team report, they had planned to travel from Kabul to Wardak," Wardak police spokesman Wali Mohammad said.
"The missing foreigners were in contact until they reached the Kampany area on Kabul's outskirts. After that they lost contact," Mohammad said.
"We have information they may have been kidnapped."
NATO-led forces said they were aware of the kidnap reports, but the search for the missing pair was being handled by diplomats and Afghan police.
A US embassy spokesman in Kabul late on Friday said there was no information on a missing American.
Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs said it was studying reports but did not confirm a citizen missing.
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