Two More Engineers Kidnapped on Kabul-Kandahar Road Project
"We understand some guys accosted them and beat up the Afghan driver before taking the vehicle with the two Indian engineers and leaving the driver behind," says Louis Berger spokesman Mike Staples. "Before the attack, they had been offered an escort home but they turned it down."
The attack happened off the main highway in Section E (between Kandahar and Qalat), about 10km north of Shah Joi. Section E is a notorious part of the highway and has witnessed several ambushes on Louis Berger staff and contractors.