A group of gunmen kidnapped two Turkish engineers working at a construction project in Afghanistan's western Herat province yesterday, a senior police official said Tuesday.
"Two Turkish nationals, construction engineers, and their interpreter were kidnapped by unknown gunmen from Pashtoon Pul area of town of Islam Qala, bordering with Iran, yesterday," district police chief Abudul Rauf Ahmadi said Tuesday, reported dpa.
"Their car and their passports were found in Jaghartan area of Enjeel district of Heart province, the gunmen just took the Turkish engineers to an unknown location," Ahmadi said.
No one claimed responsibility for the abduction yet, he said.