KABUL — Two foreign university professors, one American and one Australian, were kidnapped at gunpoint Sunday evening near the Kabul campus of the American University of Afghanistan, municipal police officials said. According to Kabul police early Monday, the professors were in a vehicle just outside the university when they were stopped and seized. In the Kabul incident, it was not known who carried out the kidnappings, and the Taliban have not claimed responsibility. Kabul is plagued by organized criminal gangs that stage kidnappings for ransom, both of wealthy Afghans and foreign visitors, and sometimes turn them over to the Taliban. They are still in Taliban hands, and Afghan and U.S. officials have told Pakistan they will try to help rescue them.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2016 02:05 UTC