by Abdul Haleem
KABUL, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Afghans have registered cases of kidnapping of passengers by armed militants over the past one year which means Afghan Taliban adopted a new tactic to subdue Afghans, political analysts said.
On May 31, the armed militants intercepted three buses on Kabul-Kunduz highway outside the northern Kunduz city and took away some 200 people.
Taliban militants who have claimed responsibility for the abduction after killing 10 travelers on the spot and shifting eight others to unknown location set free the remaining passengers.
Days later, the armed militants stopped a passenger bus in the same province Kunduz and dragged out 47 commuters on a main road connecting Kunduz provincial capital the Kunduz city to the neighboring Takhar province and reportedly took away 10 of them to unknown location.
Furthermore, over a dozen passengers were kidnapped in Saripul province couple of days ago and the armed Taliban militants publicly executed 12 of their hostages in Kamawal area of Andar district last Tuesday, according to Jawed Salangi, the spokesman for eastern Ghanzi province.
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