ICRC Moscow/Sputnik: An employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was abducted in Afghanistan’s central Maidan Wardak province, the Ariana News TV channel reported on Sunday.
ICRC spokeswoman in Afghanistan Roya Mousavi confirmed that the employee was kidnapped on Saturday, but did not reveal the identity of the hostage or the group behind the abduction, according to the broadcaster.
Mousavi also said that the ICRC was negotiating the release of the kidnapped employee.
So far, no group has taken responsibility for the abduction.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
