This is a photo of Cyd Mizell, the American aid worker kidnapped yesterday in Khandahar, Afghanistan. She works with the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, helping women develop income-producing projects such as growing fruits, vegetables, rabbits, goats, and fish for sale. She also teaches English at Khandahar University, and embroidery classes to local women. She and her driver, Abdul Hadi, were abducted yesterday morning as she headed to work. Via Baptist Press:
Cyd Mizell, who works for the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, and her driver were stopped by the unidentified men about 7:47 a.m. local time, according to Jeff Palmer, international director of the organization.
Mizell was wearing a burqa, the traditional dress of women in Afghanistan, which covers them from head to toe, and was not traveling with an armed guard, according to news reports.
“Local government officials have reported that Miss Mizell and her driver were stopped on the road as they traveled in the Kandahar area and were taken by unidentified persons,” Palmer said to Baptist Press. “We have not been contacted by the worker or by any captors voicing demands.
“It is our hope that Miss Mizell will be released safely and quickly,” he added. “We are doing all we can to resolve the situation. We understand that provincial government authorities and local police are working to locate our worker.”
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, but news agencies are reporting a provincial government adviser received a telephone call that claimed Mizell is in Taliban custody.
That's not good news if she is in fact in the hands of the Taliban. Please pray hard for protection for her and her driver, and for their swift rescue.
H/t Stable Hand
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