KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Kabul police chief Abdel Rahman Rahimi confirmed the abduction of two foreigners at a prominent co-ed university in Afghanistan’s capital. <br /> <br />Both academics were professors at the American University of Afghanistan, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. One is an American citizen while the other is Australian. <br /> <br />Around 8:30 p.m on Sunday, men disguised as Afghan National Security Forces burst into the front gates of the university’s Kabul campus. The men were armed and kidnapped the two academics at gunpoint. <br /> <br />Authorities have yet to determine who is behind the kidnappings. The abduction comes just days after Taliban insurgents attacked a convoy of Western tourists in rural Afghanistan, calling them foreign occupiers, according to the Washington Post.
