Date: February 7, 2015

Location:

Initial kidnapping: Kata Kum area, eastern checkpoint of Miamana-Mazar-e-Sharif Highway

Subsequent locations: Shor Qul village; Ghartapa area, Khwaja Mosa, Pashtun Kot District, Faryab Province

Victims:

Four employees of Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) (identities not provided)

Perpetrators: Anti-government groups (AGs) Incident Type: Kidnapping

Claimed Responsibility: None reported

Narrative: On February 7, 2015, four employees of the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) were kidnapped by anti-government groups (AGs) in the Kata Kum area, near the eastern checkpoint of the Miamana-Mazar-e-Sharif Highway in Faryab Province, Afghanistan. The kidnapped individuals were initially taken to Shor Qul village and subsequently moved to the Ghartapa area in Khwaja Mosa, Pashtun Kot District of Faryab Province. As of the time of the initial report, no information about their condition was available.