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| Title | Mixed reports over fate of missing deminers in Afghanistan |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Publication Date | 10 July 2011 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mixed reports over fate of missing deminers in Afghanistan, 10 July 2011, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4e2043a923.html [accessed 4 June 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Mixed reports over fate of missing deminers in Afghanistan
July 10, 2011
There have been mixed reports about the fate of 26 deminers abducted earlier this week in Afghanistan's western province of Farah.
AFP is quoting Afghan security forces as saying that police and tribal elders have recovered the bodies of seven of the men and found they were beheaded.
But Reuters reports that only six bodies were found. And it quotes Mohammad Munir, a senior police detective in Farah's Bakwa district, as rejecting reports that the victims had been beheaded.
The mine clearing workers were snatched on July 6 in a district that is the focus of the Taliban insurgency in the province.
But Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi says the deminers were abducted by outlaws in Farah and that the militia was not involved.
compiled from agency reports
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
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