KABUL, Afghanistan -- Militants based in Pakistan are planning to infiltrate relief organizations and companies in Afghanistan as part of a plot to abduct U.S. citizens, the American Embassy warned Wednesday.
The embassy said the warning, which also cautioned that Americans were at risk from suicide attacks, was based on fresh intelligence and urged Americans to take stringent security precautions.
The Pakistani militants "planned to seek employment with nongovernment organizations or present themselves as construction contractors to gain access to the organizations prior to conducting a kidnapping operation," it said in a note circulated to U.S. citizens.
The note didn't identify the militant group or the organizations it might target in Afghanistan. It said it was unclear when any attack might take place.
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