UN staff 'held by Afghan robbers'
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Three UN workers kidnapped in Kabul are probably not being held by Islamic militants, the Afghan authorities say.
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Three foreigners helping to organize  Afghanistan's presidential election were kidnapped by a gang of  armed men in the capital on Thursday, prompting a huge manhunt  by Afghan authorities and international peacekeepers.
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Pakistan says it has arrested the head of a militant Islamic group suspected of kidnapping UN workers in Afghanistan.
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Three foreign election workers were kidnapped by armed men in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, government officials said. The workers were from Britain, the Philippines and Kosovo, the
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A UN election worker with dual British and Irish nationality was among three foreigners kidnapped in Afghanistan today. The three were seized at gunpoint in the capital Kabul this morning sparking fears of Iraq-style atrocities.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A man who launched a militant Islamic group to fight US forces in Afghanistan has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of three UN workers there in October, a senior Pakistani Cabinet minister said yesterday.
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A dual British-Irish national was one of three UN election workers kidnapped in Afghanistan, the Irish and British foreign ministries said.
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Three foreigners helping to organize  Afghanistan's first presidential election were kidnapped by a  gang of armed men in Kabul on Thursday, triggering a huge  manhunt by Afghan security and international peacekeepers.
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Iraq News, KABUL, A British freelance cameraman said yesterday he was detained by Afghan authorities for his role in the release of three UN hostages and came under pressure to sign a statement saying he was part of the kidnap gang.
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A British hotelier said Thursday he had been detained over the kidnapping of three U.N. election workers in Afghanistan and claimed to have helped negotiate their release from the clutches of Taliban-linked militants.
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Pakistani security personnel have captured the mastermind of a militant Islamic group who allegedly kidnapped three UN workers in Afghanistan.
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Three foreign election workers were  kidnapped by armed men in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday,  government officials said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gunmen wearing military uniforms kidnapped three foreign UN election workers here in a daylight attack yesterday in one of the most affluent and heavily guarded areas of the city. The kidnappings, coming five days after a suicide bomber killed two people, including an American woman, on a busy shopping street, raised fears that the Afghan capital could ...
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A former Taliban front-line military commander has been arrested in connection with the abduction of three UN workers in Afghanistan in October, a senior Pakistan official said Saturday.
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Three U.N. workers abducted almost three  weeks ago in Afghanistan are probably being held by criminals  and not by a Taliban splinter group that has threatened to kill  them, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Eritrea has arrested some United  Nations staff working for a peacekeeping mission in Eritrea and  Ethiopia on accusations that they tried to smuggle young people  out of the country, the government's Web site said.
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Three international workers held hostage in Afghanistan&#39;s capital, Kabul, for almost a month were freed today, the United Nations said.