Kidnapping Documented

Three aid workers kidnapped in Chashma-e Dam

Chashma-e Dam, Ghoryan, Herat, Afghanistan National NGO
3 kidnapped

Three national staff members of a demining NGO were abducted along with their marked vehicle while they were in transit to their project site. Information has surfaced that one of the three abductees was released on the 11th of April, and two days later (i.e. the 13th of April), the remaining two were released. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1286.

People involved

No names have been released for this case.