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Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban members abduct 27 peace activists

| @indiablooms | Dec 25, 2019, at 04:46 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Suspected members of Taliban group have kidnapped peace activists in Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.

The People’s Peace Movement (PPM) on Wednesday claimed that 27 members were kidnapped by the Taliban on Tuesday evening as the group was traveling from Herat on the Farah road, reported Tolo News.

The Taliban has so far not claimed responsibility for the kidnaps.

Dadullah Qani, a member of the Farah provincial council, confirmed the incident to Tolo News and said that the convoy was traveling from Herat to Nimroz province and they were kidnapped by the Taliban on the road in Farah.

The police have started investigating the matter.

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