KABUL, Afghanistan - Three U.N. workers kidnapped in Afghanistan (news - web sites) four weeks ago were released unharmed Tuesday, a day after a string of raids by U.S. and Afghan security forces.
The release was a relief to foreign aid workers and U.N. staffers among Kabul's 2,000-strong expatriate community, under virtual lockdown since the kidnapping. Large tracts of the country are already off-limits to relief workers because of a stubborn Taliban-led insurgency.
Philippine diplomat Angelito Nayan, British-Irish citizen Annetta Flanigan and Shqipe Hebibi of Kosovo were seized at gunpoint from a U.N. vehicle on Oct. 28 in Kabul.
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