
The seven Indians and an Afghan national who were abducted when they were traveling to a government-run power station in a minibus on Sunday are suspected to be kidnapped by the terrorist-outfit Taliban, sources told WION on Monday.
The Afghanistan foreign Minister has since contacted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for help. There has been no information on their whereabouts or the reason behind the abduction yet.
The seven Indians were engineers working for a power plant in Afghanistanwere on their way when unknown gunmen abducted them and their Afghan driver, Zabihullah Shuja.
Two officials at the Indian embassy in Kabul confirmed the kidnapping of the engineers, all working for the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) that operates power generating stations.