Afghanistan

"Trayle Kulshan's job often takes her into the jungle, and not the concrete kind. Sometimes her "office" is a desert. She's been rewarded for her work with the gift of a goat, and she's taken a live chicken for a bike ride home for supper.

For the past seven years, Kulshan has worked as a professional humanitarian aid worker and used her engineering skills and water quality expertise to take adventures that have changed her life and the lives of others."

"...Anne Garella, head of the Action Contre la Faim (ACF) country mission, told IRIN they had applied to build toilets and water points for the Qambar IDPs but had failed to get permission from the government."

"...The July kidnapping of two French aid workers caused the group Action Against Hunger to temporarily suspend its operations in Afghanistan. The pair, who were part of a team providing aid to Afghans at risk of malnutrition, were released two weeks later. ..."

"...Last month, the kidnapping of two French aid workers caused the group Action Against Hunger to temporarily suspend its operations in Afghanistan. The pair, who were part of a team providing aid to Afghans at risk of malnutrition, were released earlier this month. ..."

"...Nan Dale, the U.S. executive director for Action Against Hunger/Action Contre la Faim, which had two workers kidnapped in Afghanistan last month, said humanitarian workers are being singled out. The group stopped operations in Sri Lanka, where 17 workers were killed in 2006, Dale said last month. ..."