化為六月息

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【主播】一名紅十字國際委員會( the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) )的官員，於週六 ( 9月29日) 證實，先前遭到塔利班(Taliban)劫持的四名工作人員，在三天前已平安獲釋。



【配音】這四名工作人員，有兩位是阿富汗人，一位是馬其頓人，另一位則是緬甸人。他們在上週三 ( 9月25日 )於阿富汗首都喀布爾西南方的沃達克省(Wardak)，被塔利班抓走。

紅十字會喀布爾代表團的副主席凡茲‧羅全斯汀(Franz Rauchenstien)表示：「我們真的非常、非常的高興四位遭到劫持的工作人員，能夠全身而退。對於這起事件的平安落幕，我們感到無比欣慰」。【shows 5】

由於未能成功促使塔利班釋放，於今年七月所劫持的一名德國工程師，紅十字會工作團隊已從當地撤離。塔利班為了營造阿富汗當地的不安全感，並且破壞政府當局與西方支持者之間的關係，近幾個月來，持續劫持了不少阿富汗人與外國人士。每年，紅十字會的官員們，會前往阿富汗當地訪視數千位遭到拘留者，以確保他們受到人道待遇，符合國際法的規定。




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※ The original article was taken from Reuters Website.  ( 原文取自路透社網站 )




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INTRO: ICRC says Taliban free 4 kidnapped staff.  An official for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says Taliban insurgents have freed four staff who were kidnapped in Afghanistan.



STORY: An official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed on Saturday (September 29) that Taliban insurgents freed four ICRC staff kidnapped in Afghanistan three days ago.

"Yes, I can tell you we are very very happy, it is a very very big day for us our four colleagues who have been held by an armed group during four days. They are safely back. They are safe and sound and we are, I can't say how happy we are," said Franz Rauchenstien, deputy head of the ICRC delegation in Kabul. 【shows 5】

The four men, two Afghans, a Macedonian and a citizen of Myanmar, were seized by the Taliban in Wardak province, southwest of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday (September 25). 

The ICRC team was returning from a failed mission to facilitate the release of a German engineer kidnapped by the Taliban in July. The Taliban have kidnapped dozens of Afghans and foreigners in recent months as part of their campaign to create an atmosphere of insecurity, and undermine the government and its Western backers.

The ICRC said the four were safe and unharmed. In August, the ICRC helped facilitate talks between the Taliban and South Korean officials that led to the release of 21 Korean hostages after more than a month of captivity. Two other Koreans were killed. The ICRC deploys 60 expatriates and some 1,300 Afghan nationals in Afghanistan.  Its officials visit several thousand detainees in Afghanistan each year to ensure they are being treated humanely in accordance with international law.