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| Afghanistan |
| Gunmen kidnap Dutch aid worker and Afghan driver |
| 2010-10-26 |
| [Dawn] Gunmen seized a Dutch aid worker and his Afghan driver in northern Afghanistan on Monday, a local government official said. Four gunnies took the two men out of their car in Takhar province and drove them west toward neighboring Kunduz province, said Takhar Governor Abdul Jabar Taqwa, quoting witnesses. The two were working with an aid group helping disabled people. Police and intelligence officials are trying to track the group and the Kunduz authorities have been informed, Taqwa said. Dutch Foreign Ministry front man Bart Rijs confirmed a Dutch man and his Afghan driver had been kidnapped, but gave few details and did not release the names of the men or the aid group. "Our embassy in Kabul is in constant contact with the Afghan authorities and the Netherlands will support the Afghan authorities wherever necessary and possible to bring this case to a positive conclusion," Rijs said. Afghanistan is becoming increasingly dangerous for aid workers. In August, 10 members of a Christian medical team _ six Americans, two Afghans, one German and a Briton _ were ambushed and later killed by gunnies in neighboring Badakhshan province. The team was attacked as they were returning to Kabul after their two-week mission in the remote Parun valley of Nuristan province, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) north of Kabul. Last month, Linda Norgrove, a British aid worker, was kidnapped in Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Binny's house in Chitral... in eastern Afghanistan. She died of head and chest injuries caused by a grenade thrown by a US serviceman during a failed Oct. 8 rescue attempt. The kidnappings, along with Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai's intention to ban foreign security guards, has led to talk of a large-scale operations shutdown by private reconstruction companies. |
| Posted by:Fred |