Afghanistan: Abducted British aid worker dies during rescue

KABUL, Afghanistan — A female British aid worker kidnapped following an ambush last month died during a rescue attempt by NATO forces in northeastern Afghanistan, Britain@@@s foreign secretary said Saturday.
The announcement came as four Italian troops were killed and one seriously wounded in an insurgent roadside bomb attack Saturday in the country@@@s west.
The aid worker, identified as Linda Norgrove, was killed Friday night by her captors during the operation to free her, Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement from London.
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