<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> have taken 26 members of the People’s Peace Movement (PPM) hostage in western Farah province.</p>
<p>Bismillah Watandost, spokesman for PPM, told Pajhwok Afghan News the activists were kidnapped on their way to Farah from Herat on Tuesday evening.</p>
<p>He said they were in contact with local Taliban commanders but there had been no information about the captives so far.</p>
<p>“We have met the Taliban several times and are aware of their concerns. But this is the fourth time the militants have taken away members of PPM,” he complained.</p>
<p>According to Watandost, the kidnapped PPM workers were part of a convoy that left Helmand province a fortnight ago before it reached Herat.</p>
<p>Watandost said they had not yet received any information about the fate of its abducted members. The Taliban have said nothing in this regard so far.</p>
<p>sa/mud</p>
