NBC: Afghan Taliban's response to cease-fire offer: A mass kidnapping
More than 160 bus passengers were seized just hours after President Ashraf Ghani called for a holiday truce.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters were holding 21 hostages Monday after seizing them from three buses in northern Afghanistan, according to a local government official.
Esmatullah Muradi, a spokesman for the governor of Kunduz, told NBC News that more than 160 passengers aboard the vehicles were initially captured. They included women and children, he said.
The buses were travelling through Kunduz to Takhar province and were packed with people returning to their home villages to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The area of Kunduz had recently fallen under Taliban control.
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WNU Editor: The Taliban have also rejected the Afghan government's offer for a truce .... Taliban reject Afghan ceasefire offer (TRT)
More News On The Afghan Taliban Conducting A Mass Kidnapping After Buses Attacked
Afghan Taliban kidnap dozens of bus passengers near Kunduz -- BBC
Taliban kidnaps more than 100 bus passengers in northern Afghanistan -- CBS/AP
Taliban holds passengers after Afghan bus attacks -- CNN
Taliban fighters kidnap over 100 people after buses ambushed -- Al Jazeera
Taliban promises release of ‘hundreds of prisoners’ as second Eid ceasefire proposed -- Euronews
Lets have an experiment, a thought experiment.
ReplyDeleteImagine a world without the Taliban. Couldn't be worse than with them. Probably would be much better without them.
So there's your solution to the Afghan problem.