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Indian priest kidnapped in Afghanistan released after eight months

February 23, 2015 Afghanistan Afghanistan, Bamiyan, Herat, Kabul, Kidnapping, Taliban

Indian Jesuit priest Alexis Prem Kumar who was kidnapped in June 2014 in southern Afghanistan was released and reached New Delhi on February 22 with the intervention of the Indian government. “Delighted at securing the release of Indian Jesuit priest Father Alexis Prem Kumar from captivity in Afghanistan,” tweeted Indian . . . Read More

Two Finnish Christian aid workers killed in Afghanistan

July 25, 2014 Afghanistan Afghanistan, Badakhshan, Elections, Hamid Karzai, Herat, Kabul, Ramadan, Takhar, Taliban

Two Finnish women working for a Christian aid charity have been killed by gunmen in Herat, Afghanistan; both had worked in Afghanistan for 16 years, having arrived there together in March 1997. Two men, travelling by motorcycle, shot two women, who worked for the International Assistance Mission, IAM – while . . . Read More

Indian priest kidnapped in Afghanistan

June 4, 2014 Afghanistan Bamiyan, Herat, Kabul, Kidnapping, Taliban

The school in Sohadat, about 30 kilmoetres from Herat city, Afghanistan, that the Jesuit Refugee Service had helped to build. Rev. Alexis Prem Kumar was visiting the school when he was abducted June 2.Jesuit Refugee Service An Indian Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Afghanistan, and no information about . . . Read More

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