A U.S. citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, according to media reports on Thursday.
American current affairs magazine Newsweek reported that a 57-year old U.S. contractor was abducted last week in Khost, citing unnamed U.S. officials.
The U.S. State Department declined to comment.
Newsweek reported that U.S. officials believed a Taliban-linked group, the Haqqani network, had orchestrated the abduction.
Sources close to the Haqqani network denied kidnapping the American when contacted by Reuters.