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Militants abduct seven passengers from Afghanistan highway

| | Jan 07, 2018, at 12:51 am

Kabul, Jan 6 (IBNS): Militants have abducted at least seven passengers from the  Farah-Herat highway in western Farah province of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.

Esmatullah, a passenger and eyewitness, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban stopped a passenger vehicle and took hostage seven people in the Kenisk area of Bala Baluk district.

He told the news agency that the militants stopped the passenger bus and took the abductees to an unknown location.

More details are awaited.

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