NATO Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
19 August 2007
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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