Briton in Afghan kidnap dispute
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A British hotelier and cameraman has said Afghan authorities tried to get him to confess to involvement in the kidnapping of three UN hostages.
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Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing a threat to national security, Afghan officials said.
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The third German in a week - a journalist - is kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan, local officials say.
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A British woman was among three UN election officials kidnapped in Afghanistan yesterday when gunmen ran their vehicle off the road in Kabul and bundled them into a car.
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A German man missing in north-west Afghanistan has been kidnapped, Afghan police say.
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Afghanistan has detained two foreign nationals, who local news portals described as European, for posing a threat to national security, a presidential palace official said on Tuesday.
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A German citizen is believed to have been kidnapped in Afghanistan, a German foreign ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
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LONDON A British detainee being held at the GuantÃ¡namo Naval Base in Cuba claimed in a declassified letter released on Friday that he had been the victim of &quot;vindictive torture and death threats&quot; since January 2002.
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KABUL, 16 November 2004 - Afghan captors holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan extended a deadline yesterday for their demands to be met, blaming the US for disrupting negotiations aimed at securing the captivesâ release.
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Afghan authorities are investigating whether some government figures helped a group of Muslim militants kidnap three foreigners working for the United Nations.
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A Northern Ireland woman held hostage in Afghanistan has telephoned her husband, the BBC understands.
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A UN election worker holding dual British and Irish nationality is among three foreigners seized in Afghanistan today.
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Kidnapped British UN worker Annetta Flanigan has been paraded in a video released by her captors who are demanding the withdrawal of UK troops from Afghanistan.
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A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday  between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul ordered  the expulsion of a Briton and Irishman working for the EU and  the UN, accusing them of threatening state security.
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Afghan officials are optimistic that three UN hostages, including a Briton, will be freed unharmed, a government spokesman said. A Taliban splinter group claims it abducted the trio - Annetta Flanigan from
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Afghan police have arrested three suspects in the kidnapping of a Briton and two other foreign election workers and are concentrating their search for the victims in a valley north of Kabul, a government source says.
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A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul ordered the expulsion of a Briton and Irishman working for the EU and the UN, accusing them of threatening state security.