German national kidnapped in Kabul: Afghan police

A German woman was kidnapped in Kabul on Monday by armed assailants, a senior Afghan police official said.

Gul Agha Rouhani, Kabul’s deputy police chief, said the woman was taken by two gunmen who stopped her car early this morning.

The woman, who has not been identified, is believed to be employed by German government aid agency GIZ.

No comment was immediately available from the German embassy or GIZ in Kabul. The German Foreign Office and GIZ head office in Germany also did not comment.

Security in Kabul has deteriorated in recent months as Taliban insurgents have intensified their war against the Kabul government.The insurgents have repeatedly said they would deliberately target 

foreigners.