Social post: National: Thursday, June 28, 2018.
Kabul Embassy
Refuses RTI Activist To Provide Details Of Afghan Kidnappings: The Embassy of
India in Kabul has refused to provide to details to an RTI activist about the
steps taken by Indian Government to secure the release of 06 Indian nationals
kidnapped in Baghlan province in Afghanistan on 07 May 2018.
Lucknow based
RTI activist Dr Nutan Thakur had sought the documents related with the External
Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj calling her Afghan counterpart Salahuddin
Rabbani and getting the assurance of all possible support in securing the
release of abducted Indians.
Vasudev Ravi,
Second Secretary in the Embassy said the information sought is exempted under
section 8(1)(a) of RTI Act dealing with sovereignty and integrity of India and
relation with foreign State and section 8(1)(g) dealing with danger to human
life.
In her RTI
application she wrote kindly provide the copy of the files in the Embassy of
India (Kabul) (including Notesheet and correspondence of the Embassy of Kabul
with various other offices) related with the news article that India on
08/05/2018 (Monday) reached out to Afghanistan to secure the release of the six
of its nationals abducted on Sunday in Baghlan province, when External Affairs
Minister Ms Sushma Swaraj called her Afghan counterpart and sought assistance
to find the men who were taken away by unidentified kidnappers, where External
Affairs Minister requested all possible support in securing the release of
abducted Indians and in response, Afghan Foreign Minister Sri Salahuddin
Rabbani assured all help.
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