CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, Jun 7 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan police have arrested five people, including a woman, over the abduction and murder of a child, in Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province, said a statement by the provincial police office today.
The child was abducted several days ago, and his body was found in Police District 1 of Charikar city, this morning, the statement said.
Similarly, police in the northern Takhar province arrested three kidnappers, and rescued a child from the kidnappers, last week.
In war-torn and economically impoverished Afghanistan, criminal gangs, including kidnappers, often attempt to target wealthy families by kidnapping their members and demanding huge amounts of cash, as ransom for their release.
The Afghan caretaker government has vowed to crack down on outlaws and criminal elements, as part of efforts to ensure law and order in the war-torn country.
