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German Aid Worker, Afghan Guard Killed In Kabul. Finnish National Abducted
A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed and a Finnish national was abducted from a house in Kabul. All of them were working for a Swedish aid group called Operation Mercy.
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Abducted Australian Woman Freed In Afghanistan: Foreign Minister
An Australian aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago has been freed and is "safe and well", Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
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German Hostage Freed in Afghanistan: Aid Group
A female German aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan in August has been released and is in good health, said German development organisation GIZ on Saturday.
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Jesuit Aid Worker Abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan Released
The Indian government has secured the release of Fr Alexis Prem Kumar Antonysamy, the head of a Jesuit organisation who had been kidnapped by the Taliban while being involved in charity work in Afghanistan eight months ago. He is likely to reach India this evening.
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Police Search For Five Aid Workers Kidnapped in Afghanistan
Afghan police on Sunday sought to free five local Red Cross employees kidnapped by gunmen in the western province of Herat, in the latest case of aid workers being targeted.
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India Confident of Rescuing Kidnapped Aid Worker in Afghanistan
Abducted in Afghanistan, Indian aid worker Alexis Prem Kumar is safe. India is confident of getting him rescued unharmed soon, according to a top Indian diplomat in Kabul.
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Afghan Government Has "Concrete Leads" on Kidnap of Alexis Prem Kumar
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that the Afghan government has got some "concrete leads" in connection with the abduction of Indian aid worker Alexis Prem Kumar in Herat five days ago. Investigations have been on in the case in which three Taliban militants have been arrested.
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US in Touch with India and Afghanistan on the Abduction of Aid Worker
The United States is in touch with both Indian and Afghan authorities on the abduction of an Indian aid worker from Herat in Afghanistan by unidentified gunmen, US officials has said.
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Taliban executes five aid workers among 12 Afghans
Taliban insurgents executed 12 Afghan civilians in two separate incidents, including five aid workers whose bodies were dumped at a hospital by the gang that had kidnapped them, officials said on Tuesday.
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Five aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Afghanistan
Gunmen have kidnapped two foreign women aid workers and their three Afghan colleagues in the remote province of Badakhshan in northeast Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday.
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Pak Taliban admit to holding Shahbaz Taseer for first time
A reporter for The New York Times, David Rohde, who was captured in Afghanistan, fled captivity in North Waziristan with an Afghan colleague in 2009, but otherwise successful escapes are rare. Others currently in captivity include Mr Khan, who went missing in September 2010; Warren Weinstein, an American consultant whose kidnapping has been claimed...
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German Aid Worker, Afghan Guard Killed In Kabul. Finnish National Abducted
A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed and a Finnish national was abducted from a house in Kabul. All of them were working for a Swedish aid group called Operation Mercy.
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Abducted Australian Woman Freed In Afghanistan: Foreign Minister
An Australian aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago has been freed and is "safe and well", Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
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German Hostage Freed in Afghanistan: Aid Group
A female German aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan in August has been released and is in good health, said German development organisation GIZ on Saturday.
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Jesuit Aid Worker Abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan Released
The Indian government has secured the release of Fr Alexis Prem Kumar Antonysamy, the head of a Jesuit organisation who had been kidnapped by the Taliban while being involved in charity work in Afghanistan eight months ago. He is likely to reach India this evening.
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Police Search For Five Aid Workers Kidnapped in Afghanistan
Afghan police on Sunday sought to free five local Red Cross employees kidnapped by gunmen in the western province of Herat, in the latest case of aid workers being targeted.
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India Confident of Rescuing Kidnapped Aid Worker in Afghanistan
Abducted in Afghanistan, Indian aid worker Alexis Prem Kumar is safe. India is confident of getting him rescued unharmed soon, according to a top Indian diplomat in Kabul.
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Afghan Government Has "Concrete Leads" on Kidnap of Alexis Prem Kumar
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that the Afghan government has got some "concrete leads" in connection with the abduction of Indian aid worker Alexis Prem Kumar in Herat five days ago. Investigations have been on in the case in which three Taliban militants have been arrested.
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US in Touch with India and Afghanistan on the Abduction of Aid Worker
The United States is in touch with both Indian and Afghan authorities on the abduction of an Indian aid worker from Herat in Afghanistan by unidentified gunmen, US officials has said.
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Taliban executes five aid workers among 12 Afghans
Taliban insurgents executed 12 Afghan civilians in two separate incidents, including five aid workers whose bodies were dumped at a hospital by the gang that had kidnapped them, officials said on Tuesday.
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Five aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Afghanistan
Gunmen have kidnapped two foreign women aid workers and their three Afghan colleagues in the remote province of Badakhshan in northeast Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday.
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Pak Taliban admit to holding Shahbaz Taseer for first time
A reporter for The New York Times, David Rohde, who was captured in Afghanistan, fled captivity in North Waziristan with an Afghan colleague in 2009, but otherwise successful escapes are rare. Others currently in captivity include Mr Khan, who went missing in September 2010; Warren Weinstein, an American consultant whose kidnapping has been claimed...
