KABUL, Afghanistan, Dhul Qa'da 01, 1431, Oct 01, SPA -- The British foreign secretary says a female British aid worker abducted in eastern Afghanistan was killed by her captors during a rescue attempt. Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a Saturday statement from London that the aid worker was killed Friday night during an operation to free her. Linda Norgrove and three colleagues were kidnapped in eastern Kunar province on Sept. 26 after being ambushed. Police fought a gun battle with the kidnappers near the attack site before the assailants fled, the Associated Press reported. Hague's statement expressed «deep sadness» that Norgrove «was killed at the hands of her captors» during the rescue attempt. --SPA 14:37 LOCAL TIME 11:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/824757