Taliban Governor's Mawlawi Nur Mohammad Islamjar close associate kidnapped a shepherd with 100 sheep in the area of Gul-chah and Chah-Takhta in the Kushk and Ghoryan Districts of Herat Province on April 17, reports Hasht-e Subh. The reason for the kidnapping and the refusal to accept the shepherd’s complaints by the local authorities is still unknown. Taliban have not commented on the matter yet.