Chitrali passenger kidnapped in Afghanistan

CHITRAL: A Chitrali passenger coming from Peshawar to Chitral via Kunar was abducted by some unknown persons at Asmaar area of Afghanistan. According to police station Arandu, when Ghaffar Ali Gohkeer, a resident Tehsil Mulkoh, reached Asmaar village unknown persons stopped their vehicle and abducted him. His relatives registered a case with the police station Arandu against the unknown persons. The Arandu police are investigating the case. Independent sources told this scribe that Ghaffar Ali had some monetary dispute with an Afghan refugee, Pateh Mullah, and the family suspected that he might have kidnapped him.--GH Farooqui