Two aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 19 (UPI) -- A French humanitarian group says two of its aid workers have been abducted in the central Afghanistan province of Day Kundi.

The group Action Against Hunger, based in Paris, said its workers were kidnapped early Friday, RIA Novosti reported, adding that the French Foreign Ministry confirmed the incident Saturday. A crisis team was on its way to negotiate the hostages' release, the Russian news agency said.

No one had claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.