The kidnapped employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan is a Spanish national, the El Pais newspaper reported, citing police in the Afghan city of Kunduz. The Spanish Foreign Ministry has not confirmed the information so far.
On Monday, a group of unidentified armed men stopped two vehicles with ICRC staff members traveling from the city of Mazar-e-Sharif to Kunduz and took one of the employees.
The situation in Afghanistan has significantly deteriorated in recent months. the country is suffering from the activity of the Taliban, a militant group formed in the 1990s, seeking to establish Sharia law in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and from other terrorist groups including the Daesh, banned in Russia and many other countries.
Red Cross employee kidnapped in Afghanistan Spanish National
21 December 2016
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Media claims that the kidnapped employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan is a Spanish national, but the Spanish Foreign Ministry has not confirmed the information so far.
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