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Jun 02, 2012 four aid workers kidnapped in northeastern afghanistan last month are freed in a breathtaking operation by coalition special forces. Failing to do so puts the lives of everyday afghan women, children and. The aid workers all employees of switzerlandbased aid group medair. Failing to do so puts the lives of everyday afghan women, children and men at risk. The heart of the book will discuss how two middleclass american women decided to leave the comforts of home in. Nato forces swooped in by helicopter before dawn saturday to rescue two female foreign aid workers and their two afghan colleagues who were held by militants for nearly two weeks in a cave in northern afghanistan. Four kidnapped aid workers freed in afghanistan bbc news. Excellent, though you need to know its more of a history book than one might expect after all the memoirs from servicemen and women coming back from afghanistan and iraq having read more than a few of those, it seems he knows his stuff very well. The two afghan aid workers are returning to their families in badakhshan. Four aid workers including a british woman have been freed by special forces in afghanistan a month after they were taken hostage the aid workers employed by swissbased medair had been en route. British and other nato forces stormed a cave tucked in the mountains before dawn saturday and rescued two foreign female aid workers and their two. A novel based on true events kindle edition by kate mccord. An australian aid worker who was abducted in afghanistan in may has been rescued by the national directorate of security nds in the countrys eastern nangarhar province, the agency said monday.

Jun 03, 2012 four aid group workers held hostage in a cave in northeastern afghanistan were rescued early saturday by natoled forces, according to british and alliance officials. Jan 24, 2018 aid workers provide critical help to millions of people in afghanistan. Prisoners of hope goodreads meet your next favorite book. Christina meier, an aid worker for ora international, was kidnapped in kabul on.

The four germans, two americans and two australians work for the german group shelter now international. Last march, armed groups killed six aid workers in south sudan guilty of nothing more than helping former child soldiers rebuild their lives. Nov 14, 2001 the aid workers were picked up in a field outside the southern afghan city of ghazni, 80 miles southwest of kabul at 4. The aid workers four germans, two americans and two australians were flown from afghanistan to pakistan by u. Last year, the murder of a spanish physiotherapist working with children in. How the british hostages were rescued in afghanistan telegraph. Rescued with them were four germans and two australians. Jul 23, 2016 the aid worker was the latest of several indians to be taken. Four aid workers rescued in afghanistan world news the. Aid workers in afghanistan are rescued from remote cave. Sep 16, 2010 associated press the 10 civilian aid workers killed aug. After all the taliban itself was not very subtle in. The book was a precursor to the documentary film kabul 24 to be released in november 2009.

A nato rescue team dropped by helicopter in the remote mountains of northern afghanistan early on saturday freed four aid workers. India aid worker freed in afghanistan rescue operation bbc news. An aid worker writes from afghanistan the new york times. The lower she is in her office hierarchy, the worse her treatment will be by many of your coworkers. Jun 03, 2012 aid workers who were held in cave are rescued from taliban. Oct 14, 2017 aid group sees huge drop in domestic abuse reports and its worried. Nov 16, 2001 rescued aid workers say they owe their lives to jesus. A fascinating account of women who went to afghanistan as aid workers and ended up imprisoned by the taliban. An australian aid worker who was abducted in afghanistan in may has been rescued by the national directorate of security nds in the countrys. Nov 14, 2001 more than three months after being detained by the taliban, eight western aid workers were flown from afghanistan to pakistan by u.

The aid workers were arrested, along with 16 afghans, on aug. Taliban murder four humanitarian aid workers in kabul. British aid worker kidnapped in afghanistan telegraph. Kidnapped indian charity worker rescued in afghanistan ary news. Nato forces swoop in, rescue 4 aid workers held by afghan. Three female aid workers from the international rescue committee, one of them british, were killed by taliban militants in an ambush on a road south of kabul in august 2008. Associated press the 10 civilian aid workers killed aug. Australian aid worker, captive since may, rescued by afghan.

If aid workers in afghanistan face death penalty, should they. The taliban said its gunmen opened fire on an aid groups vehicle in eastern afghanistan on wednesday, killing four international rescue committee workers and prompting the organization to suspend. Four aid workers kidnapped in northeastern afghanistan last month are freed in a breathtaking operation by coalition special forces. India confident of rescuing abducted aid worker in afghanistan.

Four aid group workers held hostage in a cave in northeastern afghanistan were rescued early saturday by natoled forces, according to british and alliance officials. The attack on save the children aid workers is part of a. Family rescued from talibanlinked group returns to canada. Aid workers provide critical help to millions of people in afghanistan. Jun 02, 2012 prime minister david cameron today hailed the soldiers who rescued a kidnapped british aid worker in afghanistan in an extraordinarily brave, breathtaking operation. Baker afghanistan afghanistan, kabul, taliban werner and hannelie groenewald, october 2014 incontext three armed taliban insurgents swept into a kabul guesthouse on nov.

Nov 16, 2001 were so grateful to be back home, ms mercer told a news conference in islamabad a day after the group of eight western christian aid workers were rescued out of southern afghanistan. Eight foreign aid workers being held captive in afghanistan are now free. Special operation helicopters, the pentagon said wednesday. The brutality is just the latest episode in a series of violent assaults on aid workers in afghanistan.

Aid worker killed in afghanistan the presbyterian outlook. Twentyeight aid workers have been killed, among them five internationals, so far this year. Aid worker security report 2019 the aid worker security database team welcomes your feedback. Five kidnappers were killed in the rescue, by uk and us special forces. The aid worker was the latest of several indians to be taken. Find out whats happening in the world as it unfolds.

Nato forces rescue 4 aid workers in north afghanistan egypt. The story of our captivity and freedom in afghanistan is the 2003 memoir of christian aid workers dayna curry and heather mercer. A muslim refugees story of harrowing escape, miraculous rescue, and. Hostage medair aid workers in afghanistan freed from cave. As afghanistan peace talks move forward, lives are still at risk peace made between the u. Henry arnold was a coproducer and cowriter and ben pearson was the director of the film. Jun 02, 2012 the two afghan aid workers are returning to their families in badakhshan.

Were so grateful to be back home, ms mercer told a news conference in islamabad a day after the group of eight western christian aid workers were rescued out of southern afghanistan. Rescues 8 aid workers south of kabul the new york times. In june 2014, father alexis prem kumar, a roman catholic priest from india, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the city of herat. Foreign aid workers rescued in afghanistan cbc news. It was recently revealed the sas would stay on in afghanistan after british troops withdraw in 2014. The four, a british woman and kenyan woman and their two male afghan colleagues, were reportedly in good condition. Jun 01, 2002 a fascinating account of women who went to afghanistan as aid workers and ended up imprisoned by the taliban. Kabul, afghanistan ap two female foreign aid workers and their two afghan colleagues were rescued in a predawn raid saturday after being held by militants for 11 days in a cave in northern afghanistan, the u. The book details their early lives, their humanitarian work in afghanistan, and. Eric damfreville and celine cordelier, workers for terre denfance, were kidnapped with three afghan aid workers by the taliban on april 3, 2007 in nimruz province.

Cordelier was released on april 28, 2007, damfreville was released on may 11, 2007 and the three aid workers were released on may 21, 2007. The rpeort discusses the significance of the karazi initaitive at a time when deaths of coalition forces in afghanistan have risen high and the british prime minister. I was actually surprised at how well they were treated, and horrified at how the less priviledged prisoners were treated. Kabul, afghanistan four aid workers, including two women, who were abducted may 22 were freed early saturday in a nato rescue operation in northern afghanistan, according to a nato spokesman. Aid workers in afghanistan are rescued from remote cave the. Ten members of a medical team, including six americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health.

Freed aid workers describe taliban jail rescue afghanistan. British and other nato forces stormed a cave tucked in the mountains before dawn saturday and rescued two. Kabul, afghanistan four aid workers, including two women. More than three months after being detained by the taliban, eight western aid workers were flown from afghanistan to pakistan by u. Aid group sees huge drop in domestic abuse reports and its worried. Aid workers who were held in cave are rescued from taliban. In prisoners of hope, dayna curry and heather mercer tell the story of their work in afghanistan, their love for the people they served, their arrest, trial, and imprisonment by the taliban, and their rescue by u. The jump from a few aid workers with bibles to the missionary movement is a little far. The aid workers were picked up in a field outside the southern afghan city of ghazni, 80 miles southwest of kabul at 4. Aug, 2008 the taliban said its gunmen opened fire on an aid groups vehicle in eastern afghanistan on wednesday, killing four international rescue committee workers and prompting the organization to suspend. How save the children is coping after attack that killed 4. Afghan medical mission ends in death for 6 americans nbc news. Jun 02, 2012 british medical worker among four rescued from cave by special forces in afghanistan. An indian charity worker kidnapped from kabul has been rescued, officials said saturday, more than a month after she was taken at gunpoint in the latest abduction of foreigners in the wartorn.

Heather marie mercer born 1976 is an american who was one of 24 aid workers arrested in august 2001 by the taliban in afghanistan in connection with their work with the germanybased christian aid organization shelter now international. Nov 14, 2001 the aid workers four germans, two americans and two australians were flown from afghanistan to pakistan by u. But foreign organisations have increasingly found themselves to be a target, forcing many to leave. A woman in afghanistan, without her familytribe, is a potential target for a lot of very negative things maybe by afghans, maybe by other aid workers from countries with similar mindsets.

United states announces new program to support crossborder trade between uzbekistan and afghanistan usaid convenes representatives from central asia and afghanistan for dialogue on transboundary water resource management. In 2007, 23 south korean aid workers from a church group were taken hostage in southern afghanistan. Total incidents by country 19972018 the aid worker. Once held captive by taliban, waco missionaries still serve. Six days earlier the four aid workers had been seized by kidnappers as they travelled on horseback from the yafta to the yavan districts of. Karen woo, daniela beyer, mahram ali and ahmed jawed. Uk foreign office issued this image of british aid worker helen johnston, who was freed. They recounted that afghan inmates at the ministry for the propagation of virtue and the. She, along with seven other western missionaries and their sixteen afghan coworkers, was arrested on august 3, 2001, and put on trial for violating the. After all the taliban itself was not very subtle in imposing its tribal, medieval flavour of islam.

The book details their early lives, their humanitarian work in afghanistan, and their three months of imprisonment by the taliban in 2001. British aid worker kidnapped in afghanistan rescued by. In meeting with two humanitarian aid workers who had been imprisoned in afghanistan, president bush monday said, in my speech in front of the united states congress, i said to the taliban, that one of the objectives was to release the humanitarian aid workers that were being detained against their will. Jul 23, 2016 an indian charity worker kidnapped from kabul has been rescued, officials said saturday, more than a month after she was taken at gunpoint in the latest abduction of foreigners in the wartorn. Nov 26, 2001 in meeting with two humanitarian aid workers who had been imprisoned in afghanistan, president bush monday said, in my speech in front of the united states congress, i said to the taliban, that one of the objectives was to release the humanitarian aid workers that were being detained against their will. British medical worker among four rescued from cave by. Aid workers have been often targeted by insurgents. Sas swoop on afghan insurgents in breathtaking rescue of. Aid workers in afghanistan increasingly under threat youtube. The briton was seized at gunpoint along with three fellow workers, thought to be afghans, as they were travelling in a convoy to visit an aid project in the narang district of kunar. Abducted indian aid worker alexis prem kumar in afghanistan is safe and india is confident of getting him rescued unharmed soon, according to a top indian diplomat. The book details their early lives, their humanitarian work in afghanistan, and their three months of imprisonment by the taliban in 2001 born to middleclass american families, curry and mercer met at antioch community church in waco, texas. Aid workers freed from afghanistan november 14, 2001.

Five aid workers with the medical group medecins sans frontieres msf, doctors without borders were killed june 2 in an ambush on a road in northwestern afghanistan. Ten members of a medical team, including six americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from. Rescued aid workers say they owe their lives to jesus. The aid workers miss johnston and moragwe oirere and their two afghan colleagues were kidnapped on. Farewell, four waters is the story of a young aid worker living in.