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August 19, 2007

NATO Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=18CAFF0:A6F02AD83191E1600C1ABF95E2D35F449574F7DCC14957C0 NATO did not
disclose the soldier's nationality or the exact location of the
incident NATO officials say a soldier with the International Security
Assistance Force was killed Sunday while escorting a convoy in
southern Afghanistan.

NATO did not disclose the soldier's nationality or the exact location
of the incident.

On Saturday, Afghan authorities said gunmen in Kabul kidnapped a
German aid worker, while police in southern Afghanistan searched for
four Afghan engineers abducted by militants.

Gunmen accosted the aid worker Saturday inside a restaurant, forced
her into a waiting car and sped away.

The German woman was a member of the group Ora International, a small
non-denominational Christian relief and development organization
involved in projects in about 30 countries worldwide.

Militants abducted the four engineers Friday from a bridge
construction site in Kandahar province.

Separately, Taleban militants holding 19 South Koreans since last
month said Saturday negotiations have failed and the insurgents'
leadership council is deciding the hostages' fate. 

The Taleban kidnapped 23 Koreans on July 19.  Two female hostages were
released last week, but two male hostages in the same group were
executed late last month.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.




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