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Afghanistan/South Asia
Kidnapped Afghan poll workers traced
2005-07-24
Three Afghan election workers, who were kidnapped by suspected Taliban or al-Qaida members, have been found unharmed in the northeastern province of Nooristan, an official said. Mohammad Yusouf, secretary for the governor of Nuristan, said the men were found in a house on Saturday after a search by security officials in the Kamdesh district where they were abducted three nights ago. "We have received reports from the police chief that the three men have been found, but none of the kidnappers has been arrested," he told Reuters.
"Cheezit! Da cops!"
"Bang the hostages!"
"No time! Let's go!"
The abduction was the latest in a series of violent incidents in the approach to 18 September parliamentary polls, the next big stage on Afghanistan's difficult path to stability. The three men were seized from a villager's house after the end of a voter registration programme in the rugged region. Yusouf said the victims could not recognise the kidnappers, because they had covered their faces; but said they spoke in a local language. "We suspect al-Qaida or Taliban were behind the kidnappings," Yusouf had said earlier.
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