KABUL) rejected reports that one of the 31 abducted passengers was killed in captivity.
Some media reports on Monday said militants belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) had killed one abducted man.
A video clip showed two rebels killing a captive after reading a script, but a statement from the NDS said individual appeared in a video clip was an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier and had no links with abducted passengers.
It said the spy service officials had started investigations into the brutal killing of ANA soldier. The statement termed the act as inhumane and unIslamic.
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