Kidnappers release Italian held for weeks
Arizona Republic June 09, 2005 An Afghan boy is reflected at the bottom of Clementina Cantoni's picture for the release of her at the CARE International office in Kabul, Afghanistan,Thursday, June 9, 2005. Italian aid worker Cantoni was working for CARE International and was kidnapped in Afghanistan on May 16. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Italian aid worker held hostage for more than three weeks in Afghanistan has been released and is healthy, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. Clementina Cantoni, 32, was safe, Interior Ministry spokesman Latfullah Mashal said. "Yes, she has been released. She is at the Ministry of Interior. She has spoken with her mother by phone," he told The Associated Press. Later, at a press conference, he said Cantoni "is in good health given the 24-day ordeal she went through." The government did not make any concessions to the kidnappers to secure her release, he said. "No ransom was paid and no other concession was given," he said. Cantoni was abducted by armed men May 16 as she was being driven to her home in the capital, Kabul. She was working for CARE International on a project helping Afghan widows and their families. Michael Kleinman, an official with CARE International, declined to comment on her release. Afghan officials had been optimistic of her imminent release in the past couple of days and said recent contacts with the kidnapper had suggested Cantoni was healthy. C 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html> Privacy Policy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
