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Afghan police free kidnapped businessman

By Xinhua
February 06, 2022

KABUL: The Afghan police rescued a businessman from the clutch of kidnappers in the capital Kabul, the state-run news agency Bakhtar reported on Saturday.

Acting on tip-off, the police located and freed the businessman during a rescue operation on Friday afternoon in Police District 12, the news agency added. One person was arrested on charge of kidnapping.

The Afghan police raided a house and set free a man from kidnappers in Behsoud district of the eastern Nangarhar province on Monday. Unknown armed men also reportedly kidnapped a medical practitioner in Kabul on Thursday.