French aid worker abducted in Kabul

Kabul: A French aid worker was kidnapped in Kabul on Monday and an Afghan driver who attempted to stop the abduction was killed, police said.

The aid worker was abducted seized by gunmen from a street in the western part of the city, the official said.

The Afghan driver working for the National Directorate of Security intelligence agency stopped and tried to intervene, but was shot dead by the abductors.