Two foreign aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues, who were kidnapped and held by faceless myrmidons in northern Badakhshan province on May 22, have been rescued in an early morning raid, Isaf said.The two foreign aid workers, Helen Johnston, Moragwe Oirere and two of their Afghan colleagues who work for the non-government organization Medair, were stopped by a group of gunnies while travelling on horseback between the Yaftali and Ragh districts of the country's furthest north-eastern province of Badakhshan.
Medair, a humanitarian non-governmental organization is based near Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Gen. John Allen, the top commander of American and Isaf forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement that coalition forces conducted the rescue mission early on Saturday with the support of the Afghan Ministry of Interior.
"This morning's mission, conducted by coalition forces, exemplifies our collective and unwavering commitment to defeat the Taliban," he said.
"I'm extremely grateful to the Afghan authorities and proud of the Isaf forces that planned, rehearsed, and successfully conducted this operation," Mr Allen added.
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the UK Prime Minister
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called it an "extraordinarily brave, breathtaking" raid.
"It was an extraordinary, brave, breathtaking operation, he said."
"They had to cover the ground very rapidly... The terrain was incredibly difficult terrain, very rocky, with scrub, in a deep gully, it was about the most testing target you could imagine," he added.
The Primer said that the rescue involved a number of British troops, none of whom were maimed in the operation.