Authorities in Afghanistan are working with tribal elders to trace and free the seven Indian engineers abducted by Taliban gunmen in the restive northern Baghlan province, media reports said
on Monday.
The Pajhwok Afghan News quoted provincial police spokesman Zabiullah Shuja as saying that the abductees were in good health, citing initial information.
He said authorities were trying to find their location and rescue them. Shuja said the Indian engineers of KEC International, an RPG group company, were working on a project for the construction of a power sub-station. They were abducted by the Taliban terrorists from the vicinity of Cheshma-e-Sher area on Sunday while they were going to inspect the work on the project.
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has requested the Afghan Government to provide all possible help in freeing the Indians.
Swaraj, during a telephonic conversation with her Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani, conveyed India’s concerns about the abducted Indians, sources said.