The Taliban also seized the Giro district centre southeast of Qarabagh. In July 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 23 Korean aid workers as their bus was hijacked passing through the district on the road between Kabul and Kandahar.
The Taliban's takeover of the Giro district centre is linked to their abduction of 23 Korean aid workers in July 2007, as they commandeered a bus traveling between Kabul and Kandahar through the district.