KABUL, Sept. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A Briton and his local interpreter were abducted in west Afghanistan on Wednesday, a spokesman of Interior Ministry confirmed Thursday.

    "A group of armed robbers taken away a British engineer working with USPI Company and his local interpreter form Shindand of Herat province yesterday," Dad Mohammad Rasa told Xinhua.

    Police search for their recovery has begun, he added. Enditem