French hostage in Kabul released
KABUL: A French aid worker who was kidnapped in Kabul has been released, according to France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy. Dany Egreteau, 32, was seized in the Afghan capital by gunmen on 3 November. An Afghan driver was killed as he tried to stop the abduction.
The French foreign ministry said it had been working with Afghan officials to secure Mr Egreteau’s freedom. Mr Egreteau, an education specialist, had arrived in Afghanistan just one week prior to his kidnap.
His abduction followed a string of attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan. In October, a Briton and South African working for the DHL international courier company were shot dead in Kabul.
Days later British aid worker Gayle Williams was killed by two gunmen in the capital. The Taleban and criminal gangs have kidnapped or killed dozens of foreigners and hundreds of Afghans over the last five years, but up until recently kidnappings in Kabul have been rare. Most of those abducted were released unharmed after a ransom was paid, but an increasing number have been killed.-SANA
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