KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan security personnel have rescued two abducted children from kidnappers in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, provincial police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshidi said on Monday.
The children, aged 9 and 12, were on their way home from school before being kidnapped in Police District 6, Kandahar city, the capital of the province, a fortnight ago, Jamshidi said.
Without giving details on whether anyone was arrested on the charge of the case, the official added that the kidnappers initially demanded 100,000 U.S. dollars, then again 30,000 dollars in ransom for the children’s release.
Similarly, Afghan security forces have released a child from the grab of kidnappers in western Herat province and arrested two suspects in the case on Friday.
In poverty-stricken Afghanistan, criminal gangs, including kidnappers, often attempt to abduct members of wealthy families and demand huge amounts of cash for their release.
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