Posted on 08/18/2007 8:39:48 AM PDT by Ghayyour
A German woman has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of the Afghan capital, Kabul. Reports say she was at a restaurant with her partner when armed men walked in and took her away.
Officials said the woman, the first foreigner kidnapped in the city in more than two years, works for an international aid organisation.
The incident comes amid efforts to free 19 South Korean aid workers kidnapped by the Taleban in central Afghanistan.
The kidnapping took place at 1300 local time (0830 GMT) at a centrally located restaurant, hidden from the main road.
Rare kidnappings
The interior minister said the woman was taken by armed men, but it is not yet clear who they were, the BBC correspondent in Kabul, Charles Haviland, reports.
Some reports say she was driven away in a blue Toyota car.
The restaurant has been cordoned off and a search is under way, with cars being stopped and searched.
Although there have recently been several bomb attacks in the city, kidnappings are rare, our correspondent says.
The last instances of foreigners being abducted in the city come from 2005 and 2004. In each case they were released after a few weeks.
In addition to the South Korean aid workers, Afghan officials are also trying to secure the release of a German man kidnapped from Wardak province in June.
There is another thread.
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Whoa, son, you need to get hold of that anti-Christian anger of yours. The article said nothing about the bible or christianity. The woman is from an international aid organization.
I harbor no anger towards Christians, but I also don't have any sympathy for those who do stupid things, like going unarmed to a muslim country that is at war. I had read another article prior to posting, so I had a little more background info on the situation. Go to the link to read a bit more about the parent organization.
http://www.ora-international.org/index.php?about_id=99&help_id=&page=198&clicked=118
The Apostles changed the world, and they didn’t even have complete, printed Bibles. I think you underestimate the power of God here. I have no real quarrel with you. I just think you are missing the fact that these aren’t necessarily peaceniks. Many of them love God and know that they may be martyred.
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