Reports are coming out about a kidnapping of four USAID personnel on Sunday. There are very few details on the incident, but atleast two of the people were DAI employees.
The provincial police chief, Gen. Khalilullah Ziayee, said the four, a British woman and three Afghan men, were stopped as they drove in two cars on the road from Jalalabad to Asadabad in Kunar Province, in the east of the country, and were taken away at gunpoint.
“We don’t know who picked them up, but Taliban and Hezb-e-Islami fighters are active in the area,” General Ziayee said.
UPDATE: The Telegraph is reporting that a local Taliban commander is demanding a prisoner exchange in return for the release of the British women, specifically the release of Aafia Siddiqui, who was sentenced for 86 years last week in a New York Court.
Christopher R. Albon is a political science Ph.D. specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.
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