January 27, 2008	Sunday	Muharram 17, 1429

KANDAHAR, Jan 26: Gunmen abducted a 49-year-old US woman on Saturday who was working for an aid group in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, the provincial governor said.

The woman, who was not identified, was clad in a traditional burqa when she was seized from her car while on the way to her office, Assadullah Khalid told reporters.

“This happened this morning when she was being driven to her office. Her driver is kidnapped too,” Khalid said.

The woman has lived for years in Kandahar and was working in an aid group linked to the agricultural sector, he said.

Asked who the abductors could be, Khalid said only “gunmen”. He said a search for her was under way.—Reuters