Kidnapping Documented

Two aid workers kidnapped in Tapi Khwaja Osman (bordering Qaysar along the Qaysar-Almar Road)

Tapi Khwaja Osman (bordering Qaysar along the Qaysar-Almar Road), Almar, Faryab, Afghanistan National NGO
2 kidnapped

Two national employees of an NGO were kidnapped by armed men while riding in a mobile clinic. The kidnappers immediately released the 2 female nurses in the clinic, but abducted the 2 male NGO employees. The victims were released November 8 following negotiations conducted by local elders. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1177.

People involved

No names have been released for this case.