German woman kidnapped in Kabul, official says

A German woman was kidnapped in Kabul on Monday by armed assailants, a senior Afghan police official said.

Safety in Kabul has deteriorated in current months as Taliban insurgents have intensified their struggle towards the Kabul authorities.

The woman reportedly worked with German government aid agency GIZ.

The security situation in Afghanistan has worsened since the start of the month.

An AFP photographer saw a maroon Hilux pickup truck outside GIZ’s office in Kabul, with the backseat window smashed.

The German Foreign Ministry had announced that he had managed to escape from Taliban custody.

Earlier this yr, a German nationwide working with GIZ in northern Afghanistan was kidnapped as he drove by means of an space of Kunduz province referred to as Ali Abad, nicely referred to as a hotbed of rebel exercise.

Gunmen abducted a German female aid worker in Kabul in broad daylight on Monday, officials said, highlighting the growing risk to humanitarian workers in war-battered Afghanistan.

In April, the bullet-riddled bodies of five Afghan workers for Save the Children were found after they were abducted by gunmen in the strife-torn southern province of Uruzgan.

The statement further added “Additionally, the insurgents may be planning attacks against several targets frequented by foreigners, including Hamid Karzai global Airport, vehicle fix and fueling facilities, and a barber shop along the Bagram road”.

“Right now we can not disclose the aid worker’s name or nationality, but an operation is ongoing, and we hope it reaches a conclusion soon”, said Fraidoon Obaidi, chief of the criminal investigation department of Kabul police.