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SEOUL, July 20 (UPI) -- About 20 South Korean evangelists who ignored their government's warning against traveling to Afghanistan appear to have been abducted by the Taliban.
Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Friday it was trying to confirm through various channels intelligence reports it received that the South Koreans, including young women, were kidnapped by Taliban insurgents earlier in the day.
"Given a variety of circumstantial evidence, chances are high that the report is true," the ministry said in a statement. They may have been abducted from a bus that was traveling in southern Afghanistan, ministry officials said.
The South Koreans mostly belong to a church south of Seoul. According to the ministry, some 120 South Koreans are engaged in evangelica, activities in Afghanistan, where the Taliban's insurgent activities have been on the rise in this conservative Muslim Central Asian country.
The South Korean government has warned its citizens against traveling to Afghanistan, citing fears of possible abductions.
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