AFGHANISTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER LUTFULLAH MASHAL SAYS BRITON DAVID ADDISON WAS KILLED BY AL QAEDA.

Record ID: 190162

  • Title: AFGHANISTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER LUTFULLAH MASHAL SAYS BRITON DAVID ADDISON WAS KILLED BY AL QAEDA.
  • Date: 4th September 2005
  • Summary: (BN06) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (SEPTEMBER 4, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. WS/EXTERIOR: OF AFGHAN INTERIOR MINISTRY. 0.04 2. W/S: OF INTERIOR MINISTRY, SPOKESMAN LUTFULLAH MASHAL SITTING WITH JOURNALIST. 0.10 3. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) LUTFULLAH MASHAL, INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAYING: "With sadness we got reports that during the search operation, the Afghan national police and the coalition forces in Afghanistan found the dead body of Mr. David. We believe that the Taliban and the remnants of al Qaeda and terrorists have killed him after abduction." 0.33 (BN06) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (RECENT) (REUTERS) 4. WS/EXTERIOR: OF BRITISH EMBASSY IN KABUL. 0.38 5. CU: BRITISH FLAG. 0.43 6. WS: MORE OF BRITISH EMBASSY. 0.47 (BN06) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (SEPTEMBER 4, 2005) (REUTERS) 7. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) LUTFULLAH MASHAL , INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAYING: "Well we had already told and advised international community expatriates who are living in Afghanistan, NGO workers, to be vigilant and careful while travelling outside main cities. In order to provide better security on highways the highway police have been strengthened, we have deployed more police officer on Kabul-Kandahar highway, Kandahar-Herat highway and other important highways of Afghanistan in order to provide security." 1.20 (BN06) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (FILE) (REUTERS) 8. VARIOUS: OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF) BRITISH SOLDIERS ON A PATROL IN KABUL CITY. (4 SHOTS) 1.36 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th September 2005 13:00
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  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Reuters ID: LVA1PEBVQYHGLI4NOQNQ49P05MW2
  • Story Text: Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says abducted Briton was killed by al
    Qaeda.



    A British man kidnapped in Afghanistan was found dead, three days
    after being seized by gunmen during a bloody attack on a convoy, an Afghan
    government spokesman said on Sunday (September 4, 2005).

    David Addison, who was working on security for a road project in the
    west of the country, was kidnapped along with an interpreter after gunmen
    ambushed their convoy and killed three police escorts on Wednesday (August 31).

    "With sadness we got reports that during the search operation, the
    Afghan national police and the coalition forces in Afghanistan found the dead
    body of Mr. David. We believe that the Taliban and the remnants of Al Qaeda
    and terrorists have killed him after abduction," said Interior Ministry
    spokesman Lutfullah Mashal.

    Addison was seized on the main road between the south-western city of
    Kandahar and the western city of Herat.

    Taliban guerrillas, who have not been known to operate in force in the
    west, said they had kidnapped and killed him.

    Nearly four years after U.S.-led forces forced the Taliban from power,
    security remains a major problem in Afghanistan.

    "We had already told and advised International community
    expatriates who are living in Afghanistan, NGO workers, to be vigilant and
    careful while travelling out side main cities. In order to provide better
    security on highways the highway police have been strengthened, we have
    deployed more police officer on Kabul-Kandahar highway, Kandahar-Herat highway
    and other important highways of Afghanistan in order to provide
    security," said Mashal.

    Taliban guerrillas are battling about 20,000 U.S. troops, mostly in
    the south and east. About 10,000 NATO-led peacekeepers operate mostly in
    Kabul, the north and the west.



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