KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): A young man has managed to escape from his captors after spending five years in captivity in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday.
Sayed Rahman, a resident of Bak district, had been kidnapped five years ago in the middle of a dispute between his father and a villager over a piece of land.
Khost police chief, Brig. Gen. Faizullah Ghairat, told Pajhwok Afghan News Rahman had been held captive in a remote area of Janikhel district of neighboring Paktia province.
He managed to escape on Wednesday when the . . .
