Afghanistan, Oct. 17 -- At least 20 police trainees have been abducted by unidentified armed men in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province while travelling on leave, a senior government official said, as a separate incident saw an abandoned police post demolished in Qila Abdullah district.
The trainees were travelling in a private passenger van from Kalat towards Nushki when armed men intercepted them along the Sarband route, a shorter road connecting the districts, according to officials cited in local media reports. The personnel belong to Washuk, Chagai, Kharan and Nushki districts in the Rakhshan division and were receiving training at the police recruitment centre in Kalat.
The armed men reportedly took the trainees away and mo...