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American, Australian professors kidnapped in Kabul
The two professors from the American University were kidnapped at gunpoint by four men wearing police uniforms, AFP reports
Gunmen wearing police uniforms have kidnapped an American and an Australian in the heart of Kabul, the latest in a series of abductions of foreigners in Afghanistan.
The two professors at the American University of Afghanistan were seized from their vehicle on Sunday evening, officials said on Monday, as the kidnappers smashed the passenger window and hauled them away at gunpoint.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the abductions, which came three days after a group of foreign tourists were ambushed by the Taliban in western Herat province, underscoring growing insecurity in Afghanistan.
"Two foreign professors, one American and the other Australian, were abducted at gunpoint from Dar-ul-Aman road in the centre of Kabul city," Sediq Sediqqi, interior ministry spokesman, told the AFP news agency.
"Indications are that they were kidnapped by a criminal group."
The driver and a guard inside the vehicle, both unharmed, have been held for questioning, another security official told AFP.
