41. She ran from her village of Joi Gang in Badghis after soldiers loyal to Dostum raided the village, kidnapped several people and razed homes. 42. Speaking in a telephone interview with NTV, he suggested that the aid workers were seized by Russian security agents involved in a criminal ring kidnapping people for ransom. 43. Southern rebels have kidnapped seven people working with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the foreign minister said Friday. 44. The ELN earns huge profits by kidnapping people for ransom. 45. The government halted talks with the rebels and attacked after the guerrillas kidnapped more people despite a promise to halt abductions while negotiations were under way. 46. The government stopped negotiations and attacked after more people were kidnapped. 47. The group concedes it kidnaps people to finance its decades-old insurgency, though it rarely admits responsibility in specific cases. 48. The rugged interior of southern Sindh province is notorious for its criminal gangs, who regularly loot villages and kidnap people, including foreigners. 49. The sporadic negotiations have yielded little, and the FARC has continued attacking villages and kidnapping people for ransom throughout the talks. 50. The rebels kidnapped nine people at a roadblock in northern Cesar state on Tuesday. |