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Teenage hostage freed in Iran returns home
Security forces in Kandahar province have secured the release of a teenager who had been kidnapped and taken to Iran.
The Kandahar security officials say the teenager is originally from Farah and was taken to Iran by kidnappers, who demanded a ransom for his release.
Officials said the kidnappers had a contact person in Spin Boldak and once he was arrested, the kidnappers released the boy, Ezatullah, who was returned through Spin Boldak district.
The kidnappers had sent a video recording to the boy’s family demanding ransom for his release.
Jamaluddin, the father of the teenager, said the kidnappers tortured his son and demanded one hundred million Iranian Tomans in ransom.
This is the first known incident of an Afghan hostage being released after being taken out of the country.
Tajik authorities say their border guards clashed with militants who crossed into Tajikistan’s Khatlon region from Afghanistan on Tuesday night.
Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security said in a statement that militants intended to carry out an armed attack on one of the border outposts.
Three militants were killed and two Tajik soldiers died in the clash. From the scene, three firearms—an M-16 rifle and a Kalashnikov assault rifle—three foreign-made pistols equipped with suppressors, ten hand grenades, one night-vision device, explosives, and other military equipment were seized, according to the committee.
This was the third reported attack from Afghanistan into Tajikistan in the past month, with the previous ones targeting Chinese nationals.
The Islamic Emirate previously said it assured Tajikistan it was ready to tighten border security and conduct joint investigations.
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