By agency reports
Afghan security personnel have rescued an abducted schoolchild from the clutches of kidnappers in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.
The Provincial police spokesman, Asadullah Jamshidi announced that the child was abducted while en route from home to school in Police District 7 of Kandahar city, the provincial capital.
The perpetrators subsequently issued a substantial ransom demand for his release, Jamshidi said.
The official added that acting on intelligences on the kidnappers’ hideout, security forces carried out an operation, rescuing the child unharmed and apprehending the three suspected kidnappers,.
The suspected kidnappers have been handed over to judicial authorities for further investigation and legal proceedings.
This marks the third reported case of kidnapping in Afghanistan in recent days. (Xinhua/NAN)
