QALAT(SW): Local officials in southern province Zabul said that 20 passengers were kidnapped from Nawarak area on the outskirts of Qalat the capital city of Zabul province today (Saturday).<\/p>\n
Asadullah Kakar, a member of Zabul provincial Council, said that the number of abductees reaches 14 to 20 passengers.<\/p>\n
Gul Islam Seyal, Spokesman for Zabul Governor, told SalamWatandar that the passengers were on their way from Kabul to Kandahar when they were kidnapped.<\/p>\n
He said that the identities of the kidnappers and the hostages were not known yet.<\/p>\n
He added that local officials in Zabul would do their best to release the hostages before they would be shifted to a farther location.<\/p>\n
Last year, gunmen abducted 31 passengers from the Hazara community and Shia sect. Twenty-seven of them released later on as a result of mediation by tribal elders, but four of them are still in captivity.<\/p>\n
Some weeks back, the Islamic State (IS) fighters decapitated in Zabul the seven Hazara members they had kidnapped from the Jaghori district of southern Ghazni province.<\/p>\n
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