A foreign female, said to be a French aid worker, while walking was kidnapped by armed personnel in Afghan capital city of Kabul Monday morning, witnesses said.
The lady was walking along with one male colleague, a foreigner too, when several armed people suddenly got off one car and kidnapped the lady in Kart-e-Parwan of Kabul, one eyewitness told Xinhua.
One local Afghan who happened to be on the spot while trying to prevent the kidnapping was shot dead by the kidnappers and the kidnappee's male colleague succeeded in escaping from being kidnapped, according to the witnesses.
An Afghan policeman stands guard near the street where a French aid worker was kidnapped on Nov. 3. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Afghan people gather at the site where a French aid worker was kidnapped in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. Gunmen kidnapped a French aid worker off a street in Kabul on Monday and killed an intelligence agency employee who tried to stop the abduction. (Xinhua Photo) Security situation has been worsening over the months in Kabul with increasing violent incidents like killings and kidnapping, and many of the victims were foreigners.
One Taliban spokesman in a talk with Xinhua from unknown location via phone has denied the outfit's involvement in the kidnapping.
Source:Xinhua
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