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Posted by: kwflatbed

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Gunmen kidnapped a burqa-clad American aid worker and her driver while they were traveling through southern Afghanistan early Saturday, a provincial governor said.
The two were stopped by gunmen outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, said Gov. Asadullah Khalid. He blamed the kidnappings on the "enemy of Islam and the enemy of Afghanistan."
Several Westerners — including two German construction workers and two Italian journalists — have been kidnapped in Afghanistan in the last year, but this was the first kidnapping of an American in recent memory.
Traveling around Kandahar city has turned increasingly dangerous in the last year, as the Taliban insurgency has spread throughout southern Afghanistan. Western civilians who operate there often travel with armed guards and with extreme caution. The area is rife with Taliban militants but also with criminals linked to the country's booming opium poppy trade.
Khalid said the 49-year-old American was wearing a burqa when she was taken. She worked for the aid agency Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, he said.
The U.S. Embassy said it had no immediate information.
Khalid said the armed gunmen had not contacted the government or the woman's aid organization. He said police and intelligence officials were working to find her.
Projects run by the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation are located around the city of Kandahar and include food for work, irrigation rehabilitation, health care and restoration projects, according to the group's Web site.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/...as/afghanistan

Posted by: Sniper

send ME send ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Hb13

It's not the most politicaly correct idea but I agree it will eventually have to been done.

Posted by: screamineagle

fuck political correctness, make that place into the biggest parking lot in the world.

Posted by: Hb13

I would like to see it as the largest glassed over area. It could be an intersting picture from space thats for sure.

Posted by: JoninNH

A big glass parking lot. Praise be to Allah.

Posted by: KozmoKramer

The stakes have never been higher.
I pray the sheep take their heads out of their arses for at least 1 day in November.

Posted by: Jeepy

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Originally Posted by kwflatbed

Khalid said the 49-year-old American was wearing a burqa when she was taken. She worked for the aid agency Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, he said.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/...as/afghanistan

I don't mean to blame the victim here, but what kind of a moron would take a job as an aid worker in Afghanistan these days, anyway?

Couldn't she find some meaningful volunteer opportunities in her homeland, here in the U.S., like at an animal shelter or something?

Any civilian who goes into a Hell-hole like that is suicidal and looking to martyr himself or herself.

Posted by: WaterPistola

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Originally Posted by Jeepy

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