Security personnel rescue two kidnapped school children in southern Afghanistan

The capital of the province, a fortnight ago, Mr Jamshidi said.

News Agency of Nigeria • November 4, 2024

Taliban security personnel stand guard along a road after gunfire erupted between Afghanistan and Pakistan border forces near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province on February 20, 2023. – Gunfire erupted between Afghanistan and Pakistan border forces on February 20 after Taliban authorities shut the country’s busiest crossing with its eastern neighbour, officials said. (Photo by Shafiullah KAKAR / AFP) (Photo by SHAFIULLAH KAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan security personnel have rescued two abducted children from kidnappers in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, provincial police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshidi said on Monday.

The children, aged nine and 12, were on their way home from school before being kidnapped in Police District 6, Kandahar city.

The capital of the province, a fortnight ago, Mr Jamshidi said.

Without giving details on whether anyone was arrested on the charge of the case, the official added that the kidnappers initially demanded $100,000.

The bid then came down to $30,000 in ransom for the children’s release.

Similarly, Afghan security forces have released a child from the grab of kidnappers in western Herat province and arrested two suspects in the case on Friday.

In poverty-stricken Afghanistan, criminal gangs, including kidnappers, often attempt to abduct members of wealthy families and demand huge amounts of cash for their release.

(Xinhua/NAN)

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