Unknown personnel have abducted four Afghan employees of a Turkish road construction company in eastern Afghan province of Paktia, a provincial administration spokesman said Wednesday.
The incident occurred in Zurmat district of Paktia on Tuesday evening and some unknown armed men entered houses of the four and took them away to unknown places, Din Mohammad Darwish, spokesman for Paktia governor told Xinhua.
No one or group claimed responsibility for the incident yet but the spokesman accused the Taliban for the kidnapping.
Afghanistan has witnessed several kidnappings targeting foreign nationals or local employees of international institutions over the past months.
The Taliban, after being toppled by the U.S. invasion in late 2001, has waged a war against the Afghan administration and international troops.
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