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Two French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
18 Jul 2008 19:13:51 GMT
Source: Reuters
PARIS, July 18 (Reuters) - Two French aid workers have been abducted in Afghanistan, humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger said on Friday.

The organisation said the two were kidnapped in the early hours of Friday by an armed group which broke into a house where they were sleeping in the town of Nili.
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