KABUL: A criminal group which abducted and raped schoolchildren then recorded the abuse to make pornographic videos has been busted in the Afghan capital Kabul, intelligence officials said on Thursday.

The group of four people had kidnapped five children below the age of 12 as they went home from school in the city, said a spokesman for the Afghan National Directorate of Security.

“They were abducting children, were raping them and were video recording the sexual abuse for networks they were in contact with,” Sayed Ansari told reporters.—AFP