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Taliban abduct 20 civilians in southeastern Afghanistan

by German Press Agency - DPA

KABUL Dec 28, 2020 - 11:23 am GMT+3
Former commander and senior district official for the Taliban, Haji Lala, arrives for an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Panjwai, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2020. (AFP Photo)
Former commander and senior district official for the Taliban, Haji Lala, arrives for an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Panjwai, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2020. (AFP Photo)
by German Press Agency - DPA Dec 28, 2020 11:23 am

Members of the Taliban have abducted at least 20 civilians in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Ghazni, local officials confirmed Monday.

The people, who were taken from the province's Qara Bagh district Sunday, were transferred to an undisclosed location afterward, provincial councilors Nasir Ahmad Faqiri and Esmatullah Jamrodwal told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).

The area where the abduction took place is fully controlled by the Taliban, according to officials.

A Taliban spokesperson told dpa that the group was working on the issue, without giving further details.

Ghazni is among Afghanistan's most volatile provinces, where the insurgents control half of its districts and contest with government forces for the remaining ones.

Two government employees were killed by gunmen in the capital of the province early in the morning, Ghazni police said.

The surge in violence comes as the Afghan government and the Taliban have been holding peace talks for more than three months in a bid to find a political solution for decades of war, without any breakthrough.

The government and Taliban negotiators are now on a three-week break.

The Afghan government announced Sunday that talks will resume on Jan. 5 in Doha, Qatar.

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