Afghan Taliban Kill Christian Aid Worker
October 22, 2008 – 8:47 amKABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — Motorbike gunmen killed a foreign aid worker in Kabul Monday, the Afghan Interior Ministry has said.
In a separate incident, two German soldiers and five Afghan children were killed when a suicide bomber struck an Afghan-German military convoy in northern Afghanistan, the provincial governor in Kunduz said.
Gayle Williams, 34, had dual British and South African nationality and worked for SERVE Afghanistan (Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprise), an inter-denominational Christian charity that helps the disabled, the organization’s chairman said in a statement.
Williams was shot in the western part of the city, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said, while walking to work. She died shortly after the attack, SERVE Afghanistan chairman Mike Lyth said.
“She was a person who always loved the Afghans and was dedicated to serving those who are disabled,” Lyth said. “Needless to say, we are all in shock.” Williams was one of 23 expatriates who worked for SERVE Afghanistan, which also employs 450 Afghans in the country.
A statement on SERVE Afghanistan’s Web site — attributed only to “C and E” — described Williams as “one of the inspiring people of the world who truly put others before herself.”
“She was killed violently while caring for the most forgotten people in the world; the poor and the disabled,” the statement said. “She herself would not regret taking the risk of working in Afghanistan. She was where she wanted to be — holding out a helping hand to those in need.”
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