German woman abducted in Afghan capital

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

German woman abducted in Afghan capital
18 Aug 2007 11:17:33 GMT

KABUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped
a German woman on Saturday in the Afghan capital, an
Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The woman was seized as she was walking on a street in
the southwestern part of Kabul, where some aid groups
have offices, spokesman Zemarai Bashary said. He had
no further details on the abductors or the woman.

Several foreigners have been kidnapped in recent years
in Kabul, mostly by criminal gangs, but have been
released unharmed after a period of time apparently
after ransom payments.

The latest abduction comes a month after two German
aid workers and five of their Afghan colleagues were
kidnapped by Taliban guerrillas in Wardak province,
which lies to the southwest of the city.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18489577.htm

[ohio2007]

1. Hmmm...one German equals two S Koreans

The result of the spring offensive pays big dividends

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/16/wtaliban116.xml

/sarc

[Owlet]

2. Nother missionary?

A German woman has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the first foreigner to be abducted in the city for more than two years.

The aid worker, who is in her 30s, works for a Christian organisation called Ora International.


Full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6952990.stm

[ohio2007]

3. Taliban kidnap four engineers in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR: Taliban militants kidnapped four Afghan engineers working on a bridge in the south under a government-funded rural development programme, a provincial police chief said on Saturday.

The engineers were working for the National Solidarity Programme, which funds projects in villages across the country that residents choose and implement themselves.

The elders in the village had taken responsibility for the safety of the engineers, said Saqib.
snip
The Taliban are also holding a 62-year-old German engineer abducted one day before the Koreans in Wardak province.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Taliban_kidnap_four_engineers_in_Afghanistan/articleshow/2291394.cms

Now what country are these latest guests of the Taliban from ?
Could be engineers from India judging by the link.( maybe the engineers are Hindi ? )
dunno,

seems the story in this hemisphere is a big hot bag of wind bearing down on Jamaca

[Eugene]

4. Abducted German female pleads for her release

Source: Reuters

Abducted German female pleads for her release
19 Aug 2007 13:20:32 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Recasts with the woman's appearance on video)

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A German woman abducted
in the Afghan capital at gun point appeared in a
video on Sunday asking Berlin to use every effort to
gain her freedom.

Wearing a long headscarf and a red local outfit, the
blonde woman read from a note in Dari:

"I am fine ... I ask my country to urgently help and
cooperate for my release," she said in a video aired by
private television station Tolo, while displaying an
identity card that read Christina Barbara Meier.

The woman, apparently in a small room, introduced
herself in English and said she was an employee of
"ORA International" aid agency. A man who was not
seen in the tape asked her questions in broken
English.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19293606.htm

[ohio2007]

5. ORA International

they have ulterior infidel motives --- they are a "fundie" cartel
;)


We have a clear goal in mind



As an organization, our goal is to provide holistic help. Poverty always affects the whole person – body, mind and soul. Accordingly our service incorporates meeting physical as well as intellectual and emotional needs.

And the question remains: why are we an interdenominational Christian aid and development organization?

Because we believe that man was created by God. God created us as individuals in his image. We are convinced that it is His will for us to live in communion with Him, sharing His love through serving those in need.


snip
History – the birth of ora international

In October 1980, German-born entrepeneur Heinrich Floreck, had a vision while in Nairobi. .....


http://www.ora-international.org/index.php?about_id=862&help_id=&page=585&clicked=868


a vision to supress the world with your twisted hate.....


btw,
/sarc

[Scurrilous]

6. German hostage freed in Afghanistan

<snip>

"Afghan police freed a female German hostage from a neighborhood in the capital Kabul and arrested a group of kidnappers early Monday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The 31-year old German captive was abducted from a restaurant on Saturday and the operation to free her took place near the area of western Kabul where she went missing.

"A group of kidnappers were arrested," said the ministry spokesman Zemary Bashari.

Earlier in the day, the captive, who identified herself as Christina Meier, appeared on a video pleading for help. The video was broadcast by a local television station."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070819/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan

[ohio2007]

7. Taliban threatens to execute South Korean hostages - agency

SEOUL, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - Taliban militants have threatened to start killing South Korean hostages, if the Afghan government does not release eight Taliban prisoners by Monday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Sunday.

snip


http://en.rian.ru/world/20070819/72356983.html

I think it's monday over there now