Ms Cantoni, who works for CARE International, was abducted on May 16 by four armed men who stopped her vehicle on a street in the centre of Kabul.
Asked by the man to give the date, Ms Cantoni said hesitantly: “Today is ... May 28? Sunday.” —Reuters
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