Kabul - Police said on Monday that a group of gunmen abducted an Afghan former presidential candidate in the capital Kabul.
Humayun Asifi and two relatives were kidnapped by unknown gunmen at 11 pm on Sunday night when he was on his way to his home in western part of Kabul city, Zemarai Bashary, interior ministry spokesman, said.
Bashary could not say if the kidnapping was politically motivated or was the work of criminal gangs, which have recently carried out similar abductions in the city.
A search operation and investigation were underway, he said.