Four aid workers killed by suspected Taliban in Afghanistan; aid work halt

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/09/10/international1459EDT0703.DTL

Suspected Taliban rebels on motorcycles stopped a car filled with aid workers, tied them up and executed them by the side of a dusty road in southeastern Afghanistan, raising fears in the aid community that vital reconstruction work is becoming too risky to carry out.

The attack follows intense fighting in the south and east of the country that has killed four American soldiers and thrown into question the ability of the U.S.-backed government to control this war-shattered country.

On Wednesday, the United States and Germany asked NATO to consider expanding the mandate of its 5,000-strong peacekeeping force beyond the capital, Kabul, to help protect reconstruction teams outside the capital.

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The four aid workers, Afghans who worked for the Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees, were killed Monday afternoon in the Mokur district of Ghazni province, Gov. Haji Asadullah told The Associated Press.