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| US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan | |
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| An American aid worker has been kidnapped with her driver while travelling in a volatile region in southern Afghanistan. | An American aid worker has been kidnapped with her driver while travelling in a volatile region in southern Afghanistan. |
| Unknown gunmen took the pair outside of the southern city of Kandahar, said provincial governor Asadullah Khalid. | Unknown gunmen took the pair outside of the southern city of Kandahar, said provincial governor Asadullah Khalid. |
| He blamed the kidnapping on the "enemy of Islam and the enemy of Afghanistan", Associated Press news agency said. | He blamed the kidnapping on the "enemy of Islam and the enemy of Afghanistan", Associated Press news agency said. |
| It quoted Mr Khalid as saying the unidentified 49-year-old woman was wearing a burka when she was taken. | |
| He said she worked for Asian Rural Life Development Foundation aid agency. | |
| Followers of the hardline Taleban - ousted in 2001 - have been mounting a comeback over the past two years. | |
| Much of the violence centres on the south of the country. |