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Prime minister borisjohnson will lead the tributes. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, a taliban spokesman from the afghan ministry for vice and virtue denies banning girls from secondary education and puts the blame on them for not attending. a us charity has confirmed the kidnapping of 17 people in haiti associated with its christian missionary work. the group was taken off a bus after a visit to an orphanage. a statement from the christian aid ministries says the group includes five men, seven women, and five children. so far no ransom request has been officially made. haiti has one of...

Kidnappings in haiti, largely for ransom, people looking for a payout, has skyrocketed. a nonprofit group that tracks these things in port-au-prince said that before this particular or latest kidnapping happened, at least 628 kidnappings since the beginning of the year, that number has gone up by 300% since july alone. 29 of those kidnappings were foreigners. obviously that number now higher. but when you see the difference between foreigners and haitians you can see that ordinary haitians largely bearing the brunt of this situation. what this will serve to do with this incredible number of am...

Were doing stories about kidnappings months ago when we were there after the haitian president was assassinated back on july 7th. and this has been an issue that has plagued haiti for a long time, but this year specifically, a significant spike in kidnappings. i have a couple of statistics i can read for you. since january, at least 628 kidnappings have taken place, 29 of whom before this latest kidnapping, 29 of whom were foreigners. that's according to data from a nonprofit group that tracks this stuff in port-au-prince. these gangs that do this, they are looking for ransom money, which they...

Ago when we were there after the haitian president was assassinated back on july 7th. and this has been an issue that has plagued haiti for a long time, but this year specifically, a significant spike in kidnappings. and i have a couple statistics i can read for you. since january, at least 628 kidnappings have taken place. 29 of whom before this latest kidnapping, 29 of whom were foreigners. that's according to data from a nonprofit group that tracks this stuff in port-au-prince. these gangs that do this, they are looking for ransom money, which they are often paid, sometimes to the tune of h...

Abducted by gang members in the city and, you know, strikingly, according to the "washington post," one of the missionaries posted in a whatsapp group a call for help as this was happening, allegedly saying, please pray for us, we are being held hostage, they kidnapped our driver, pray, pray, pray, we don't know where they are taking us. and that's basically all we know at this point. i can tell you that haitian security forces very much involved here right now, knowing how much attention 17 americans now being held hostage in haiti is going to bring on the security situation there. that said,...