ISLAMABAD: Three Pakistanis abducted three days ago in Afghanistan have been released in the Nangarhar province with the warning that work on the Torkham-Jalalabad highway project would be stopped, sources told a private news outlet in Pakistan on Tuesday.
The kidnap victims, associated with a Lahore-based company, had been working on the Pakistan-funded key route linking the border town of Torkham with the eastern city of Jalalabad, according to reports.
After constructing the first lane of the nearly 70-kilometre highway, Pakistan started work on the second lane this May, with an estimated cost of Rs7 billion.
The workers’ kidnapping and subsequent release with the ominous condition has put the important project in danger, reportedly.
