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Pentagon Chief: US May Slow Afghanistan Exit
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the U.S. is considering slowing its military exit from Afghanistan by keeping a larger-than-planned troop presence this yea...
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Last Updated Feb 24, 2015 7:13 AM EST
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Gunmen in southern Afghanistan kidnapped 30 members of the Hazara ethnic community, authorities said Tuesday.
The 30 people were kidnapped from two vehicles on a major road in Zabul province, provincial Gov. Mohammad Ashraf said. He said authorities were trying to find those kidnapped, some of whom may be government officials.
Though no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack nor demanded a ransom, deputy police chief in Zabul province told CBS News that militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were behind the abductions, which he said took place on the Kabul-Kandahar highway on Monday night.
Deputy police chief Ghulam Jilani Farahi told CBS News' Ahmad Mukhtar over the phone that ISIS fighters "stopped two passenger buses traveling from Kandahar to Kabul and took 11 people from one bus and 20 people from the second bus."
He said all of those abducted were Hazara Shiite Muslims.
Farahi said a search and rescue operation was underway in the Zabul province.
Abdul Khaliq Ayubi, a local government official, said the gunmen all wore black clothing and black masks.
"We contacted the Taliban through tribal elders but Taliban said they are not behind this kidnapping," Ayubi told CBS News.
He said the drivers of both buses had told authorities that the kidnappers spoke in a foreign language.
Afghanistan is considering to open a consular office in east Indian city of Kolkata, its envoy to India said on Monday.
Abdali said he will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday and put forward a proposal for an agreement for according Kolkata the 'sister-city' status to Afghanistan's Mazaresarif city.
"Both Kolkata and Mazaresarif have similarities. They are fast developing cities. I will meet the Chief Minister tomorrow and propose her to make a 'sister-city' relationship between the two cities," he said.
Speaking on an alternative transit route, he said: "Pakistan is the current route. However, the draft MoU transit trade agreement had been submitted to Iran by India and Afghanistan over the issue of Chabahar port."
He said India has offered USD 200 million to upgrade the Chabahar port in Iran.
Abdali invited businessmen from Kolkata to grab the business opportunity in the Asian country.
"We want you all to grab the business opportunity and develop trade relationships between India and Afghanistan," he said.
He said the bilateral trade between India and Afghanistan is likely to touch USD 3 billion in future.
"If Chabahar port gets operational then we will witness an increase in the trade between two nations," he said.
(Reporting by Supriyo Hazra Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
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