A businessman was released in an operation by the Islamic Emirate forces in Taimani area in Kabul on Monday night, an official said.

According to the officials, at least four kidnapers were killed in the operation.

“A clash happened between the abductors and the security forces, in which four people were killed and the businessman was rescued safely,” said Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul security department.

Ibrahim Qassimi, the trader, who was rescued from the kidnappers expressed happiness over his release from kidnappers.

“The Kabul security department had surrounded the area and they (abductors) were not able to flee. They (security forces) first rescued me sound and safe and then shot dead all the robbers,” Qassimi said.

Meanwhile, the Union of Money Exchangers in Sarai Shahzada market called on the Islamic Emirate makes efforts for the release of traders and money exchangers who have been abducted.

“If the level of abductions of our colleagues and traders is increased, they would mostly think of leaving the country and this will affect the business here. We have good cooperation of the security forces but we want it to be increased,” said Abdul Rahman Zirak, a spokesman for the Sarai Shahzada Money Exchanging Market.

Based on figures from the market, many kidnapping cases of traders and foreign exchange market’s workers have happened over the last year in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kunuduz and Khost provinces.