Taliban abduct 45 people from gov't employee's funeral

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Afghan officials say the Taliban abducted as many as 45 elderly family members of a government employee as they were attending his funeral.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban abducted as many as 45 elderly family members of a late Afghan government employee who were attending his funeral, officials said Tuesday.

The Taliban have consistently warned people not to attend the funerals of anyone working with the Kabul government, according to Payghambarpul Khuram, the head of intelligence in Jawzjan province, where the kidnappings took place. A suicide car bomb attack Monday killed at lest five Afghan soldiers and wounded four others in the southern Helmand province, ministry of defense spokesman Fawad Aman said.

 

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The Taliban have one demand to stop their war. The US out of Afghanistan. Then they will come to the table seriously. They will never stop until we are gone.

They already got the guy, who they gonna extort?

Not possible. Trump said he's negotiating with the Taliban and he knows the 'art of the deal'

The same group that protected UBL

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