KABUL, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Police have detained a kidnapper and rescued a child from his custody in the southern Afghanistan Helmand province, provincial police spokesman Mullah Ezatullah Haqqani said Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, police launched special operations in Toghi area of Musa Qala district, discovering a two-year-old child from the custody of a kidnapper and handing him over to his family, Haqqani said.
The rescued child is in good health, the official said without providing more details. ■