Sunday, June 3, 2012

Special forces free 2 women from Taliban

KABUL -- Two female foreign aid workers kidnapped last month were freed, along with two local Afghans, in a joint special forces operation in northeastern Afghanistan.

Five Taliban kidnappers were killed after the special forces stormed a cave in Badakhshan Province on Friday night.

Briton Helen Johnson and Kenyan Moragwe Oirere -- colleagues at Swiss-based charity Medair -- were freed unharmed along with two Afghan civilians after they were taken hostage May 22.

None of the special forces soldiers were injured in the assault.

READ: The statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

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