<p>The six men were seized late Saturday while traveling back to their base after a day working on a road construction project, according to Abdul Sattar Barez, the deputy provincial governor of Faryab province.<br />Nobody has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. Afghan police and intelligence services were searching for the men.<br />Kidnappings - mostly of Afghans - for ransom or for political reasons are on common in Afghanistan, where violence has made efforts to rebuild the country costly and dangerous.<br />Saturday's abduction occurred in Faryab province, which sits on the border with Turkmenistan and has been relatively peaceful since the 2001 US invasion that unseated the Taliban's hard-line Islamist rule.</p>
<p>The six men were seized late Saturday while traveling back to their base after a day working on a road construction project, according to Abdul Sattar Barez, the deputy provincial governor of Faryab province.<br />Nobody has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. Afghan police and intelligence services were searching for the men.<br />Kidnappings - mostly of Afghans - for ransom or for political reasons are on common in Afghanistan, where violence has made efforts to rebuild the country costly and dangerous.<br />Saturday's abduction occurred in Faryab province, which sits on the border with Turkmenistan and has been relatively peaceful since the 2001 US invasion that unseated the Taliban's hard-line Islamist rule.</p>