Fears for Afghan psychiatrist abducted by armed men

Dr Nader Alemi, who opened the country's first private psychiatric hospital, had received death threats before being taken on his way home from work last week

One of Afghanistan's most prominent psychiatrists has been abducted on his way home from work by a group of armed men.

Dr Nader Alemi, 66, who opened the country's first private psychiatric hospital in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, was stopped by seven men in a white car last week, said his family.