Three workers kidnapped in Afghanistan

Two Turkish engineers and an Afghan have been kidnapped outside Kabul, an official said today, bringing to five the number of workers who have been taken hostage in Afghanistan in the past three days.

Unidentified men burst into the office of a Turkish construction company south-east of the capital on Friday, beat and tied up an Afghan staff member, then abducted two Turkish workers and an Afghan one, said Nick Downie of the Afghanistan NGO Security Office, which protects aid workers.