On Monday, April 22nd, a helicopter carrying engineers near Kabul, Afghanistan had to land unexpectedly due to poor weather, and the people got kidnapped by the Taliban. The engineers were supposed to go to an American base, but had to land in Logar Province, which is run by the Taliban. An official in Afghanistan says, "It's a lot of people to take hostage...It gives the Taliban bargaining chips." People are worried that the engineers might be taken to Pakistan, which was about 20 minutes from Logar Province. The Taliban sent a message to media saying, "US-NATO Chopper falls into hands of Mujahedeen, all passangers detained." They have taken full responsibility of the kidnapping but there has been no word on what will happen to the engineers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/world/asia/helicopter-forced-landing-afghanistan.html?_r=0
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