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UN hostages in Afghanistan freed
THREE foreign United Nations workers kidnapped and held hostage in Afghanistan for three weeks have been released, according to Afghan police and officials.A senior police official said UN staffers Annetta Flanigan and Shqipe Hebibi and Filipino diplomat Angelito Nayan, were released early today. The trio, who had been helping oversee Afghanistan's first democratic elections, were snatched in downtown Kabul by armed men on October 28. All three are now at Camp Warehouse, receiving medical examinations but appeared to be well and unharmed, diplomats and sources close the case said. It remained unclear exactly how the hostages had been freed. Posted by: tipper 2004-11-22 |
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