The preliminary findings show that the lecturers had been kidnapped as they drove a car near the University – said a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior Sedik Sedikki.
AFP reported, citing an unnamed source, that the kidnappers were four, they wore “uniforms of the Afghan security forces”; they knock down the car window and at gunpoint, forced the passengers to leave the vehicle.
According to sources AFP professors was carrying an Afghan driver, who after the incident has been questioned by the police. The same interviewee believes that the kidnapping took place against the background of criminal, not political. According to his information the American professor was in Kabul for about two years, and the Australian – from about a week.
A source in the US State Department stated in an interview with AFP that Washington is kept informed about the situation after the kidnapping of American citizen in Kabul; However, due to the sensitivity of the issue has not been granted a broader comment.
On the other hand the authorities of Australia stated that the Australian embassy in Kabul is in the process of verification reports of the kidnapping.
Kidnappings in Afghanistan are not uncommon and they often fall prey to foreigners. As noted by the Associated Press, Australian Kerry Jane Wilson was kidnapped in April in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan; her whereabouts today are not known.
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