Kabul:
A female British aid worker kidnapped during an ambush last month was killed during a rescue attempt by international forces in Afghanistan, Britain's foreign secretary said Saturday.
The aid worker, identified as Linda Norgrove, was killed Friday night during an operation to free her, Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement from London.
Norgrove and three colleagues were kidnapped in eastern Kunar province on September 26 after being ambushed. Police fought a gunbattle with the kidnappers near the attack site before the assailants fled.
"It is with deep sadness that I must confirm that Linda Norgrove ... was killed at the hands of her captors in the course of a rescue attempt last night," said Hague.
Norgrove's three Afghan colleagues were released shortly after being abducted.