14 teachers and 2 administration staff were kidnapped by ISIS terrorists when they attacked a religious seminary in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province over the weekend, officials are saying.

The attack involving three armed men took place in Nangarhar Province over the weekend, Mohammad Asif Shinwari, spokesman for the provincial education department, said on Monday that the storming of the seminary involved three armed men.

The storming occured at the Mesher Mullah Sahib Madrassa while students were taking exams, The Ministry of Education said.

The reasons for the abductions has not been given yet.