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KABUL, Afghanistan, July 24 (UPI) -- Recent kidnappings and other attacks indicate the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is moving closer to Kabul.
The Christian Science Monitor reported Tuesday the kidnapping of 23 South Korean aid workers last Thursday occurred on one of Afghanistan's major highways between Kabul and Kandahar.
The report said the insurgency, which resumed in areas bordering Pakistan, is spreading inland. The South Koreans were abducted in Ghazni, which has no border with Pakistan.
Nic Lee, director of the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office, told the Monitor that Ghazni has become the "kidnapping capital of the country" with 60 people estimated to have been taken since April 1.
The Monitor quoted Joanna Nathan, a Kabul-based security analyst for the International Crisis Group, as saying, "Ghazni is important as the gateway to Kabul, and control of that road is very important, both symbolically and practically."
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