Taliban detain 18 NGO staffers for alleged preaching

By Associated Press

Sep 17, 2023 12:54 am

ISLAMABAD: An Afghanistan-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) said on Saturday it was working with the United Nations and a coordinating group for the swift release of 18 of its staff, including a foreigner, detained by the Taliban.

The International Assistance Mission (IAM) said the staffers were taken from its office in Afghanistan's central Ghor province on two separate occasions this month and brought to the capital Kabul.

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