Three Italy aid workers freed in Afghanistan
The three employees of Italian non-governmental organization
Emergency hadn't been heard from since being taken into custody
April 10 in Helmand after explosives and handguns were found in a
raid by Afghan police and British troops on an Emergency hospital.
Officials in Helmand have alleged to the media the three were
bribed by insurgents to smuggle weapons into the hospital in
preparation for an assassination attempt on the provincial
governor.
Emergency strongly denied the accusation.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said the release came
about "without putting into question" Italy's Afghan and NATO
relations.
