Swiss NGO says 18 staff members detained in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban detains NGO staff, including foreigner

The International Assistance Mission said 18 staff members, including an international team member who local media reported as being a US national, were taken from their office on two separate occasions in a month.

Afghanistan NGO working with the UN to free workers detained by the Taliban

The International Assistance Mission (IAM), an Afghanistan non-profit organisation, said Saturday that it is seeking the release of 18 members of staff detained by the Taliban. These efforts are being made alongside the United Nations. IAM focuses on humanitarian work and the well-being of the Afghan people and has been active in their communities for 57 years. A core belief of their work is that aid should not “be used to further a particular p…

Taliban Arrest 18 Staff Members Of International NGO In Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have arrested at least 18 staff of an international NGO, including an American woman, accusing them of carrying out Christian missionary work, the country's leaders said Saturday.

Abducted from their office in Ghor,” in central Afghanistan, and “taken to Kabul,” the International Assistance Mission employees were accused of being Christian missionaries.

U.S. woman among 18 NGO staff detained in Afghanistan

IAM said in a statement earlier that 18 people, including a "foreigner", were being held and that it had no information about the nature of the allegations.

US woman among 18 NGO staff detained in Afghanistan

Evidence shows that arrested individuals were inviting people to join Christianity, claims govt official.