Freed hostage tells of Afghan ordeal
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Embracing her fellow kidnap survivors and in a voice crackling with emotion, UN official Annetta Flanigan spoke of their joyful relief yesterday, but offered no explanation for their release.
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Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives that they were all right as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release.
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Three UN election workers freed nearly a month after being abducted in Afghanistan thanked the nation&#39;s people for the support shown during their ordeal.
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LONDON  - A British man freed last month after almost three years in Guantanamo Bay says he was physically and verbally abused during interrogation sessions at the U.S. detention camp for terrorist suspects.
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Some of the 26 Taliban members Afghan militants have demanded freed as part of a deal to release three kidnapped UN workers could be in the US military jail
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan have been freed unharmed, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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Afghanistan's former king honored Thursday U.N. workers held hostage for nearly a month after helping run the country's first free elections, while the United Nations urged a full investigation of the kidnapping.
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Staff are to receive counselling to help them cope with the ordeal, which involved the families of two employees being held hostage for over 24 hours.
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A Taleban commander who led attacks on British troops says he was freed from an Afghan prison after paying a bribe.
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Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland, Filipino Angelito Nayan and Kosovan Shqipe Habibi were kidnapped in the Afghan capital, Kabul, last week.
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Three U.N. workers held hostage in  Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai Wednesday and appeared  happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly four  weeks.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed Tuesday, almost four weeks after they  were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul,  government officials said.
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A TV reporter abducted in Gaza in March was released early Wednesday. BBC correspondent Alan Johnston told CNN: "I am so glad to be free." He described his ordeal as "a nightmare."
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Three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday and appeared happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly a month.
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THREE United Nations workers held hostage in Afghanistan for almost four weeks yesterday spoke for the first time about their ordeal and said they had been sustained by thoughts of their friends and family.
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A US female aid worker was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday, officials told AFP.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers held hostage for nearly a month were preparing to fly home after their release yesterday from an ordeal that suggested Taliban-linked militants are adopting the tactics of Iraqi insurgents.