AFGHAN KIDNAPPING OF 12 TEACHERS

JALALABAD // Suspected ISIL militants kidnapped 12 teachers and two other staff of a religious school in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, officials said. The teachers were taken on Sunday when ISIL fighters entered the school in Haska Mina district during an exam, the education department in the provincial capital Jalalabad said. It was not possible to confirm independently that the fighters were from ISIL. No group has claimed responsibility. Kidnapping for ransom or political gain is a major problem in Afghanistan.