Ingen danske mineryddere er taget til fange.

Mineryddere er lørdag den 23. juni blevet taget til fange af Taliban oprørere i det sydlige Afghanistan.

Denne nyhed bragte DR i radioavisen søndag aften den 24. juni.
Det blev i indslaget ikke nævnt, at de tilfangetagne er lokale afghanske mineryddere.
DR jourhavende har lovet at rette indslaget, så det herefter nævnes, at det er afghanske mineryddere, der er tale om.

Nyheden er udsendt af Reuters lørdag den 23. juni og ses i sin fulde længde her:

Seventeen deminers abducted in Afghanistan
Agence France-Presse  23 June 2007 Similar reports by Xinhua, Afgha.com, Reuters

Suspected Taliban insurgents abducted on Saturday 17 Afghan mine clearers in southern Afghanistan, police and their organisation said. The 17 were kidnapped while travelling in insurgency-hit Ghazni province, Mohammad Shohab Hakimi, the head of the Mine Detection and Dogs Centre, told AFP.

Hakimi said men identifying themselves as Taliban insurgents had called his organisation to say they were holding the men. "Taliban called us and told us that they were abducted with all their materials. They have some questions for them and after that they're going to be released," Hakimi told AFP.

The group were in three vehicles, an official with the Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan said. "They were on their way to a demining field," he said. "They were deminers, they were not involved in politics." The interior ministry in Kabul and Ghazni's provincial police chief confirmed the incident but said only 12 deminers were abducted. Interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said a search for the abducted deminers was underway "but so far we've not been able to find them."

The Ghazni province police chief said 12 demining workers along with their three sniffer dogs were kidnapped and pointed to the Taliban. "They were abducted along the road to Ander (district)," the police chief, Alishah Ahmadzai, said. [Abridged]

Erik Bøttger
Presseofficer
Hærens Operative Kommando