Two French Aid Workers Kidnapped

I don't know if any terrorists took claim for the kidnapping but I would bet a lot of money on the taliban. Hopefully the aid workers are alright and will be rescued soon. I'd hate to see the French government hand over money to the taliban so they can continue terrorizing the people of Afghanistan. Fox News

PARIS — Two French humanitarian workers were kidnapped Friday in Afghanistan, spirited at gunpoint out of the house they were sleeping in, aid group Action Against Hunger and the French Foreign Ministry said.

The two are believed to be alive, the Paris-based group said in a statement.

The kidnappers burst into the house where the two were staying in Nili, in the central Afghan province of Day Kundi, and made off with them in several waiting vehicles around 1 a.m. on Friday, the statement said. The kidnappers had tied up guards posted outside the house.

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The group said it was working to win the workers' release as soon as possible and under the best possible conditions. It said the information it had indicated they were still alive.

Action Against Hunger said it suspended its activities in Afghanistan in response to the kidnapping. The group has been working since 1979 in Afghanistan, where it has 10 foreign staffers and about 150 local employees, according to its Web site.

France's Foreign Ministry confirmed the kidnappings and said a crisis unit would be set up to help win the hostages' liberation.

"Making humanitarian personnel a target is totally unacceptable," the ministry said in a statement. "Humanitarian groups' members are working tirelessly and often in very difficult connotations to help the Afghan people."