U.S. Aid Worker Abducted in Afghanistan

Police in Kandahar, Afghanistan, searched on Sunday for Cyd Mizell, 49, an abducted American aid worker, and her Afghan driver, who were kidnapped while traveling to work on Saturday, reports the Agence France-Presse.

The Afghan government and Ms. Mizell’s employer, a community-development organization from the Philippines called the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, said the kidnappers had not made contact.

According to her organization’s Web site, Ms. Mizell, who taught English and embroidery, had been working on development projects in the Kandahar area for nearly three years, as well as on efforts to help women.

Read The Chronicle’s article on the growing difficulty groups face attracting skilled workers because of the dangers involved in international aid.