Two aid workers kidnapped in Faryab
Faryab, Afghanistan National NGO
2 kidnapped
4 staff members of a medical NGO (one woman and three men) and a child were abducted while they were travelling to provide health services in a private vehicle. The female staff member, her husband and the child were released the same day. The abductors later released the two remaining staff at approximately 1530 hrs on 27 July, after local elders negotiated with the abductors. Victims were interrogated on their knoweldge of Islam, and accused of spreading Christianity. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 993.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.