Italian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan: embassy

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KABUL (AFP) — An Italian aid worker was abducted by a gang of armed men in the Afghan capital Kabul, Italian embassy and police officials said.

Afghan police had earlier identified the woman as Canadian.

"Yes, we can confirm that an Italian woman was abducted today in Kabul," an embassy spokesman told AFP.

The woman, who works for CARE International, was abducted at around 8:30 pm (1600 GMT) by four armed men driving a white Toyota Corolla car, police said.

A man who was with her managed to escape, police quick reaction force commander General Mahboob Amiri said.

Interior ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said she was seized while driving on her own in Qala-e-Mosa district of the city.

An Afghan intelligence source said her car was...