FAIZABAD (PAN): Five employees, including two foreign women, of the Mission d'Aide au Développement des Economies Rurales - Afghanistan (MADERA) were abducted in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, officials said on Wednesday. The five people, including three Afghan men, were kidnapped by armed men in the Shalkhazar village of Yaftal district, Public Health Director Dr. Noor Mohammad Khawri told Pajhwok Afghan News. The UK-based organisation’s staffers, working in the child nutration area over the past five years, were abducted on their way to a Yawan Yaftal clinic, he said, refusing to reveal identities of the victims for security reason. Governor Abdul Maroof Rasikh confirmed the abductions, but gave no further details. A search operation for the kidnappers had been mounted in the district, said the ... Continue reading →