To kidnappede udenlandske læger og deres afghanske kolleger bliver holdt til fange i den fjerne provins Badakhshan af en bevæbnet kriminel gruppe, siger det lokale politi til BBC onsdag.
They are now being held in the Shahr-e-Bozorg area after being abducted while travelling on donkeys north of the provincial capital Faizabad.
Senior Afghan intelligence sources say that they have established contact with the kidnappers.
They are trying to establish what the kidnappers’ demands are.
The area is remote, mountainous and deeply forested.
