DHAKA: Two foreign professors, one from the US and one from Australia, have been kidnapped early on Sunday evening in the Afghan capital Kabul.

The two men worked for the American University of Afghanistan, and were on their way to their guesthouse when gunmen attacked their vehicle.

Afghanistan is in the grip of an ongoing insurgency by the Taliban Islamist militant group, BBC reports on Monday (Aug 8).

Gunmen wearing uniforms of the Afghan security forces had smashed the vehicle used by the professors, and forced them out of the car, reports said.

Australia's foreign ministry said that it was seeking to ‘verify reports of the kidnapping’.

‘We continue to advise Australians not to travel to Afghanistan because of the extremely dangerous security situation,’ it said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the US state department said that it was aware of reports that a US citizen had been seized, but did not comment further.

BDST: 1942 HRS, August 8, 2016
SAS/AKA