Italy troops missing in Afghanistan

A search is under way in western Afghanistan for two Italian soldiers and their Afghan staff, with the Italian defence ministry saying they may have been seized.

"We believe they have been kidnapped together with two Afghans... The personnel were carrying out liaison activities with local civilian authorities," the ministry said on Sunday.

Afghan police said they were searching across Herat province for two Italian nationals and two Afghans who had not been heard from for nearly 24 hours.

Italy has about 2,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan as part of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).

the complete article is here

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4C79E8DB-FA70-47D5-825A-CEBA9C3A9497.htm

 

italy gave up taliban prisoners last time they had people kidnapped. not surprised that'd encourage the same situation again.

 

When you cave into terrorists you only invite more of the same.

 

agree...any word on them yet? I have been checking the news feeds and have not seen anything yet.

 

The two were rescued relatively quickly.

Here is the story....http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6945209,00.html

Good quick move.

 

I do agree

 

Glad to hear that. That's the way to do it. Negociation doesn't work with terrorists.

 

How do you think Britain brokered peace with the North of Ireland? Negotiations was a key reason.