KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces on Tuesday freed 19 mine clearance workers kidnapped in the east of the country, authorities said.
The country's National Security Directorate said in a statement the Afghans, working for a U.S.-funded clearance programme in Paktia province, had been seized by the Haqqani network, a Taliban-allied militant group.
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