Two NGO workers kidnapped

Published April 24, 2008

GHALNAI, April 23: Two workers of a non-governmental organisation were kidnapped from the Karapa area in Pandyali tehsil on Wednesday.

Officials said that Noorul Haq, logistics officer of Save the Children, and his driver Amir Mohammad were going from the agency headquarters hospital in Ghalanai to Peshawar.

The NGO is running a family health project in Mohmand Agency for training women doctors and paramedics and is also providing life-saving drugs for children.

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