KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Twelve of the 21 bus passengers kidnapped by the Taliban in northern Kunduz province have been rescued by the security forces, officials said on Wednesday.
The militants kidnapped the passengers from a 404-model bus in the Bagh-i-Amir area of Kunduz City -- the provincial capital -- on Wednesday morning. The bus, heading to Takhar, was intercepted by the rebels.
A day earlier, Governor Asadullah Omarkhel said 47 passengers had been kidnapped by the Taliban
