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Taliban militants kidnap female Afghan MP: officials

Taliban militants have kidnapped a female Afghan member of parliament, officials said Wednesday, in the latest example of prominent women being targeted in the country.

14.08.2013

(AFP) Taliban militants have kidnapped a female Afghan member of parliament, officials said Wednesday, in the latest example of prominent women being targeted in the country.

Fariba Ahmadi Kakar and her three children were taken at gunpoint on Saturday in the central province of Ghazni on the main highway from Kandahar city to Kabul.