Halo Trust Workers now Free

According to recent press reports 57 Halo Trust workers were kidnapped by the Taliban. More recent news indicates that the workers were either released, escaped, or were rescued by the Afghan National Security Forces. Read more in "Afghan forces free British land mine charity workers", UPI, January 21, 2014.

Kidnapping Foreigners Big Business in Afghanistan

Any foreigner is subject to kidnap by criminal gangs, thugs, warlords, drug lords, and the Taliban.  Read more in "The big business of kidnapping in Afghanistan", Foreign Policy, October 20, 2010.