French Aid Worker Held Hostage in Kabul Released by Captors

A French aid worker in Afghanistan who had been taken hostage on Nov.3 has been released by his captors.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that Dany Egreteau, 32, had been released following a month of captivity after the French foreign ministry worked to secure his freedom.

Egreteau had been traveling through Kabul with another aid worker when their vehicle was attacked. While the other aid worker was able to escape Egreteau was seized and a driver was shot and killed. The education specialist had just arrived in Afghanistan a week earlier.

Sarkozy acknowledged Egreteau’s release stating, “He is well, his family is being informed. He has to go through a few medical checks and we will bring him back to France late tomorrow.”

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