KABUL (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen on Tuesday briefly seized more than 60 Afghan workers clearing Soviet-era anti-tank mines in western Herat province, the largest mass kidnapping undertaken in an economically important area now beset by security problems.
All the deminers were released within hours of being taken away following negotiations between local elders and the kidnappers, Farid Homayoun, country director of the Halo Trust demining company, told Reuters.
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