KABUL, Jan 30 (NNN-ANA) – A hostage has been rescued and five suspects arrested, after intelligence personnel of Afghanistan’s caretaker government, busted a kidnapping gang in Kabul, the Afghan General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI), said today.
“Personnel of Kabul province’s GDI directorate, launched an operation against a hideout of a kidnapping gang, in Bagrami district, east of Kabul on Friday, releasing a hostage and arresting five suspected kidnappers,” the agency tweeted.
The arrestees have pleaded guilty, according to the source.
The Taliban-run administration has vowed to crack down on outlaws, to ensure law and order in war-torn Afghanistan.
On Jan 15, the agency freed a kidnapped teenager, son of a known local goldsmith, from a gang’s clutch, in western Herat province, 640 km in the west of Kabul.– NNN-ANA
