GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Ten kidnapped people have been released in the Jaghatu district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday.
Unidentified gunmen abducted a dozen individuals on last week but two of them managed to escaped from their captors’ custody.
Shafiq Nang, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that local elders played an important role in the release of the 10 individuals.
Provincial council member Hassan Raza Yousafi said: “Ten abducted persons from Hazara community have reached their homes safe and sound.”