Taliban Release French Aid Worker KABUL, Afghanistan A French aid worker tearfully thanked the Taliban for releasing her Saturday after more than three weeks in captivity, and pleaded for the freedom of four colleagues still held in southern Afghanistan.

The woman _ so far identified only by her first name, Celine _ was kidnapped in southwestern Nimroz province on April 3 with a French coworker identified as Eric and three Afghan colleagues who worked for the charity Terre d'Enfance.

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