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India reached out to Afghanistan to secure the release of the six of its nationals abducted on May 6 in Baghlan province. India`s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called her Afghan counterpart and sought assistance to find the men who were taken away by unidentified kidnappers. Sushma requested all possible support in securing the release of abducted Indians and in response, Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddiin Rabbani assured all help. Mr. Rabbani was in Dhaka to attend a ministerial meeting of the OIC when the conversation took place and on his return to Kabul, he followed up the conversation with a meeting with Indian ambassador Vinay Kumar. Though the identity of the abductors remain uncertain, sections of the Afghan media have reported that the Indians were kidnapped by the men of Taliban commander Qari Nooruddin. This information is yet to receive official confirmation. The latest hostage crisis began after six Indians and an Afghan employee of energy major KEC, were taken away on Sunday from near the Khawaja Alwan substation of Pul-E-Khumri city of Baghlan province.
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