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                   Red Cross Workers Kidnapped in Afghanistan

   by VOA News

   The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is trying
   to secure the release of five of its workers who have been kidnapped in
   Afghanistan.

   ICRC spokesman Marek Resich says a local armed group kidnapped the
   workers on Friday in western Herat province.

   Resich said the international relief organization was working on
   multiple levels on Saturday to secure staff members' release.

   Police in Herat province say the relief workers were delivering sheep
   to local villages when they were stopped by gunmen. Investigators say
   the attackers also took the sheep.

   There was no claim of responsibility for the abductions. In the past,
   Islamist militants have targeted foreign and local aid workers.

   Some information for this report comes from AP and Reuters.
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