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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.