Three Foreigners Kidnapped in Afghanistan
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Three foreigners helping to organize  Afghanistan's first presidential election were kidnapped by  armed men in Kabul on Thursday, triggering fears that militants  were copying tactics used by insurgents in Iraq.
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A female US aid worker was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials told AFP.
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US and Afghan forces raid houses in Kabul as part of a hunt for three UN workers kidnapped last month.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - US and Afghan forces have apparently freed three UN workers who were kidnapped in Kabul on Oct. 28. On Monday, US and Afghan forces raided a house in Kabul, in what appears to have been part of an operation to free the hostages.
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Taliban insurgents have kidnapped two foreign officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Afghan province of Wardak, the provincial police chief said on Thursday.
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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 British nationals have been abducted in Baghdad, according to the Iraqi interior ministry.
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The Taleban say they have kidnapped an Italian journalist and two Afghan nationals in south Afghanistan.
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Afghan police say they have arrested three men over the kidnapping of a Bangladeshi aid worker.
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The Taleban say they have kidnapped a British journalist and two Afghan nationals in south Afghanistan.
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Gunmen snatched three British citizens,  believed to be civilians, from a house in central Baghdad early  on Thursday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.
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A video apparently showing three foreign election workers kidnapped in Afghanistan was shown Sunday on Arab television. The video was the firmest evidence yet that the three are in the hands of a Taliban splinter
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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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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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Three British nationals, believed to be  civilians, were snatched by gunmen from a house in central  Baghdad early on Thursday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 -- A Turkish engineer and two Afghans were apparently kidnapped Tuesday in an area of eastern Afghanistan where bandits and insurgents from the Taliban and other Islamic extremist groups operate, officials said.
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Gunmen abducted three foreign election workers here Thursday in daylight on a busy street. It was the first such kidnapping of foreigners in Kabul, the capital