Afghan tribals to help trace Indians
Kabul: Authorities in Afghanistan are working with tribal elders to trace and free the seven Indian engineers abducted by Taliban gunmen in the restive northern Baghlan province, media reports said on Monday.
Kabul, May 7: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has requested the Afghan government to provide all possible help in freeing the seven Indian engineers abducted by Taliban militants in the restive northern Baghlan province.
Ms Swaraj, during a telephonic conversation with her Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani, conveyed India’s concerns about the abducted Indians and requested him for help in tracing and freeing them, official sources said. They said the Afghan Foreign Minister assured Swaraj that his government would make all possible efforts to rescue the abducted Indian engineers. “Rabbani, in the conversation, assured the Indian external affairs minister that the Afghan security forces would not spare any efforts in rescuing and ensuring the security and safety of the engineers,” the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement. According to Afghan media reports, the engineers were abducted by the militants from near the Cheshma- e- Sher area in Baghlan on Sunday.
The Indian engineers of KEC International were working on a project for the construction of a power sub- station in the country.