TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008
18:45 MECCA TIME, 15:45 GMT
Afghan women condemn kidnapping
Aid worker Cyd Mizell and her driver have
been missing since Saturday [AFP]
Afghan women have protested in Kandahar against the
abduction of a female US aid worker and called on
religious leaders to condemn the kidnapping.
About 500 women took part in a demonstration on
Tuesday against the kidnapping of Cyd Mizell, 49, and
her Afghan driver.
They were seized on Saturday while travelling to work
in the southern city.
"We call on Kandahar religious council to condemn this
act and encourage the public to help, call on the
abductors to release her without any harm or
conditions," read a statement from the city's women's
association, who organised the demonstration.
"We strongly condemn the abduction of a foreign women
who was working for Kandahar people and Kandahar
women."
Local police officials said on Tuesday that no one had
claimed responsibility for the abduction.
The Taliban has said it is trying to find out if any
of its members were involved.
Mizell's employer, Asian Rural Life Development
Foundation (ARLDF), is a community development
organisation headquartered in the Philippines.
Political motive?
Homayun Hamidzada, a spokesperson for Hamid Karzai,
Afghanistans president, said investigations were
under way "to verify if the abduction has a political
motive".
The Taliban, which has links with al-Qaeda, is alleged
to have been involved in a series of abductions of
foreigners last year.
The group, which was in power between 1996 and 2001,
has said the tactic is effective in putting pressure
on the Afghan government and its allies.
Criminal groups have also been behind a number of
kidnappings in recent months and it is believed they
pass their hostages on to the Taliban.
Source: Agencies
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