An American woman who worked on education and income generating projects for the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation was kidnapped in Kandahar a week ago. No one has heard anything yet from her captors. Please pray for her (protection, comfort, sense of God's nearness, peace, etc.) and for a quick resolution to this crisis in such a way that terrorists won't consider kidnapping an option anymore.Canadian press: Afghan women rally in support of kidnapped U.S. aid worker (by A.R. Khan): http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2008/01/26/4795413-ap.html,
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Hundreds of Afghan women filled a marriage hall in downtown Kandahar on Tuesday in a show of support for a kidnapped American aid worker. Police were continuing their hunt for Cyd Mizell and her Afghan driver, Abdul Hadi, but had no suspects in Saturday's brazen abduction.
..."She was a guest in our country, this should not have happened," said Zarlassta, 35, who gave only one name. "Our voices need to be heard that this cannot happen in our country." Mizell worked on education and income generating projects for the [Asian Rural Life Development] foundation and had been in Kandahar for three years.
..."Women have a lot of respect in Islam and in Afghan culture," she said. ...Achezai and other female leaders organized Tuesday's rally, where an estimated 450 women prayed and listened to speeches calling for Mizell's release. It was a rare show of public support for women's rights and issues in Kandahar, where many discussions and programs take place behind closed doors.
But over the last six months, women have increasingly taken to public places to call for change. ...In November, [women gathered] simultaneously across Afghanistan, for a public prayer for peace.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Hundreds of Afghan women filled a marriage hall in downtown Kandahar on Tuesday in a show of support for a kidnapped American aid worker. Police were continuing their hunt for Cyd Mizell and her Afghan driver, Abdul Hadi, but had no suspects in Saturday's brazen abduction.
..."She was a guest in our country, this should not have happened," said Zarlassta, 35, who gave only one name. "Our voices need to be heard that this cannot happen in our country." Mizell worked on education and income generating projects for the [Asian Rural Life Development] foundation and had been in Kandahar for three years.
..."Women have a lot of respect in Islam and in Afghan culture," she said. ...Achezai and other female leaders organized Tuesday's rally, where an estimated 450 women prayed and listened to speeches calling for Mizell's release. It was a rare show of public support for women's rights and issues in Kandahar, where many discussions and programs take place behind closed doors.
But over the last six months, women have increasingly taken to public places to call for change. ...In November, [women gathered] simultaneously across Afghanistan, for a public prayer for peace.
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