Unknown armed men abducted a female parliamentary candidates and nine of her men in Herat province west of Afghanistan, police said Thursday.
"Ms. Fauzia Gilani was on her way to Adraskan district while unknown armed men abducted her along with four of her family members and 6 of her supporters," deputy to provincial police chief Dilawar Shah Dilawar told Xinhua.
She was going for election campaign to Adraskan district on Wednesday afternoon when unknown armed men attacked her motorcade and took her along with nine others to unknown location.
However, the police officer did not point finger at any particular groups or individuals, saying rescue operation has begun.
This is the fourth attack on parliamentary candidates over the past couple of months.
Two candidates have been killed in Taliban-linked activities in the southern Ghazni and eastern Khost provinces.
Taliban militants who had boycotted the last year Afghan presidential elections have threatened to derail the parliamentary polls set for Sept. 18 this year.
More than 930 polling centers out of the country's 6,835 polling centers would remain closed on the voting day due to Taliban-linked security problems, election body's chief Fazal Ahmad Manawi confirmed last week.