TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Seven Indian engineers of an RPG group company working in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province were abducted today by Taliban gunmen who apparently mistook them for government employees, media reports said.
The External Affairs Ministry said in New Delhi it is in touch with authorities in Afghanistan and is ascertaining the details of the incident. The Taliban militants abducted the Indians, working for Maharashtra-based company KEC, and their Afghan driver early this morning in Bagh-e-Shamal area of the provincial capital Pul-e-Khomre.
According to reports, the seven Indian nationals were electrical engineers. India in touch with Afghan authorities over Indians’ abduction. Baghlan Governor Abdulhai Nemati said the Taliban group took the engineers hostage and moved them to the Dand-e-Shahabuddin area of Pul-e-Khumri city, according to the report.
Harsh Goenka, the chairman of the RPG Enterprises, the parent company of KEC, said he has requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help rescue its employees. “Request @SushmaSwaraj and Ministry of External Affairs to help rescue 7 of our managers from the kidnapping in Afghanistan.#KEC,” Goenka tweeted.
