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Two Professors From US, Australia Kidnapped in Afghanistan

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Two Professors From US, Australia Kidnapped in Afghanistan

21:23 GMT 07.08.2016 (Updated: 11:07 GMT 06.08.2022)

Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of a suicide attack on the western outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan June 30, 2016. - Sputnik International

Two university professors from the United States and Australia were kidnapped in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul, media reported Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Kabul police chief Abdel Rahman Rahimi confirmed the abduction, the ABC news said.

Afghanistan has been in a state of political and social turmoil for decades, fighting the continuing Taliban insurgency, with other extremist groups expanding their activities in the country.