Five aid workers released in Afghanistan

Five Afghan aid workers were released after four days in captivity in Afghanistan.

Five Afghan aid workers were released after four days in captivity in Afghanistan.

The five - two doctors and an employee of the aid agency Swedish Committee for Afghanistan - and two local government workers were kidnapped on Thursday while driving in the eastern Nuristan province, said the deputy provincial police chief.

Their abductors released them late Sunday after efforts by police and tribal elders, said the province's police chief.

No details of the kidnappers were released.

The five workers had travelled to open a health clinic in a remote village and on the return trip they were kidnapped in a mountainous area in the Kamdesh district.

AP

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