Kidnapped Child Freed, Captors Detained
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-10-CA-176  For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 17) - An Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance force patrol freed a kidnapped child and detained several suspected kidnappers in Kabul, Saturday.   Multiple intelligence reports and tips from local citizens led the combined security force to the location of the kidnapped boy. Upon surrounding the location, Afghan security forces entered the location and freed the boy without incident. Five suspects were detained.   The kidnapped boy, the son of an Afghan government official, was unharmed and reunited with his family.

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UPDATE: Kidnapped Child Freed, Head of Kidnapping Ring Detained
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-10-CA-185 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 18) - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the leaders of a Kabul-based kidnapped ring were detained by Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF, Saturday.   The men were arrested during a joint ANSF and ISAF mission to free a child the group kidnapped. Reportedly, the kidnapping ring targeted Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan officials' families to attempt to influence them to act in favor of the Taliban.   Multiple intelligence reports and tips from local citizens led the combined security force to the location of the kidnapped child in Kabul. Upon surrounding the location, Afghan security forces entered the location and freed the boy without incident.   Five suspects were detained.   The kidnapped boy, the son of an Afghan government official, was unharmed and reunited with his family.