4 Afghan women go missing in US

The women were among 22 female Afghan professionals attending a law course at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics in partnership with the California-based nonprofit group Relief International.

The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs had sponsored the program, which was held between May 21 and June 6.

The women went missing before their scheduled return to Afghanistan.

“In the course of that at a certain point, Relief International told us that two women had left the program,” said Kyle Kondik, spokesman for the Center for Politics at the university said on Monday. “Later in the program, two others left overnight.”

Federal authorities are looking for the missing women but no clue on their whereabouts has been reported yet.

“The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is trying to determine the whereabouts of the four women,” said Raphael Cook, of the state department. “At this point, there is not a lot of information.”

The group, made up of teachers, professors, lawyers, judges and leaders of non-governmental organizations, was the third of four Afghan delegations that originally planned to take part in the Perspectives on Democracy program at the University of Virginia.

DB/MA

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