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Once again the Taliban is guilty of kidnapping those that want to help that backwards country.

US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan

Kandahar suffers from both poverty and violence An American aid worker has been kidnapped with her driver while traveling to work in a volatile region in southern Afghanistan. Unknown gunmen took the pair outside of the southern city of Kandahar, said provincial governor Asadullah Khalid. Story here. and here --- the poor woman was wearing a burqa. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen kidnapped a burqa-clad American aid worker and her driver in southern Afghanistan's largest city early Saturday, snatching the woman from a residential neighborhood as she was on her way to work. The American worked in Kandahar for the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, said Jeff Palmer, its international director. Palmer said the group had not been contacted by the kidnappers and that he did not know their identity or demands. Asadullah Khalid, the provincial governor, blamed the kidnappings on the "enemy of Islam and the enemy of Afghanistan." Khalid said the 49- year-old American was wearing a burqa when she was taken. You are such big men aren't you? You kidnap those that seek to help you and earn the enmity of all decent people.

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Snippet from BP News:

" Posted on Jan 26, 2008 | by Staff NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Gunmen kidnapped an American aid worker Jan. 26 as she was headed to work in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Cyd Mizell, who works for the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, and her driver were stopped by the unidentified men about 7:47 a.m. local time, according to Jeff Palmer, international director of the organization.

Mizell was wearing a burqa, the traditional dress of women in Afghanistan, which covers them from head to toe, and was not traveling with an armed guard, according to news reports."