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This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
Print Mcssagc(s) Approved for Release: 2018/09/o4_c‘0‘67osss7 ‘ _ pag¢|4of4() ‘ - M _-UNCLASSIFIEDFFGHS-. " . v However, the whereabouts oflthe remaining I2 hostages is still. 0 unknown. - - - ~~, s. _ ' L http:/fwww.tcimnmws.com/an/afgkaiista:/2C%C?—ghazni—hosiagcs— rc.cascd - - ' > - ' Return to Table of Contents Gunmen release 10-hostages they recently abducted in Ghazni — Khaama _ ' . s . - Press l ' 0 6" A 0 ' By Zabihullah Moosakhail 15 August 2015 . V 10 civilians who were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen three days before in Qara Bagh District of Ghazni province have been released Shafiq Nang Safai, spokesman for the governor of Ghazni province said ' - ' that the release was secured through the mediation of local elders who convinced kidnappers to release them. “ T . Safai added that all 10 countrymen reunited with their family last night. ‘ .i ' y A' " These people were travelling in two 'Saracha‘ vehicles when unidentified gunmen stopped and kidnapped them on gun point around 10 ' .y V am on Tuesday. -_ Two days after this incident, another group of unidentified gunmen abducted nine more residents of Jaghri District while they were on their way to the provincial capital \Gha;ni city‘. ' Shafiq Nang Safai said that eleven people were initially abducted but y .' - . , the kidnappers later_released a child and an elderly man. He said kidnappers took the nine hostages to an unknown location. There is no information on the fate of these hostages yet. And no one " V . _ knows who the kidnappers are. ' UNCLASSIFIEDFFBU-L ' ' I ~ i 8/23[20l7 Approved for Release: 2018/09/04 C06708887
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