Iranian Citizen Kidnapped, Held Hostage For 61 Days in Afghanistan, Says Iranian Official
Afshin Salehinejad, the prosecutor of Jiroft city in Iran, announced that two months ago, a middle-aged man from Kerman province had been kidnapped and transferred to Afghanistan.
Salehinejad said that the abducted man was released after 61 days.
According to Iranian media reports, he explained, "A middle-aged man was taken hostage while walking with his child in one of the parks of Jiroft city. When he was released, he was safe and sound due to the continuous efforts of the prosecutor's office and the police of Jiroft city."
Details of how he was released from Afghanistan have not been provided. The Taliban have not yet reacted to this report.
On Wednesday, the chief prosecutor of Jiroft said that since the kidnapping report had been received, the efforts of the police forces to free this person began, and it was determined by intelligence officials that the defendants had transferred the hostage to Afghanistan.
According to Salehinejad, the kidnappers, who were not natives of Kerman province, kidnapped the middle-aged man with the motive of extorting money from the hostage's family.
