Taleban kill Christian aid worker in Kabul

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KABUL, Oct 20 (AP): Taleban gunmen on a motorbike killed a Christian aid worker in the Afghan capital Monday, and the militant group said it had targeted the woman because she was proselytizing.
The woman, a British national, worked with handicapped Afghans and was killed in the western part of Kabul as she was walking alone around 8:00 am, police said. Najib Samsoor, a district police chief, originally said the woman was from South Africa, but the British government later said she was British.
The gunmen shot the victim in the body and leg with a pistol, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary. Officials did not release her name.
Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taleban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the slaying, saying the woman was killed because she was spreading Christianity.
The woman's organisation - SERVE, Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprises - describes itself as a Christian charity registered in Britain. The group's Web page says the charity has been working with Afghan refugees since 1980 in Pakistan.