Threat to Kidnap American Woman in Afghanistan

OSAC published the following warning on June 27, 2014:

“As of late June 2014, militants based in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, planned to kidnap an unidentified female U.S. citizen in Afghanistan. The driver of the U.S. citizen was potentially involved. There is no further information on the details of this planned kidnapping or where the intended kidnapping may take place.”

CCI confirmed with OSAC on June 30 that this threat was still valid. OSAC reported that there is no additional information available. Specifically, it is not known if this threat is linked to prior Taliban statements threatening female expatriate missionaries.

The OSAC entry can be found at