Afghan authorities said that kidnapped Italian aid worker Clementina Cantoni was still alive, and they were working hard to secure her release. “We are working hard to release her safely,” presidential spokesman Khaleeq Ahmad told AFP. Some media organisations reported that Temur Shah, the alleged kidnapper of the 32-year-old Italian aid worker, had killed Cantoni Thursday night after President Hamid Karzai’s government refused to accept his demands.Full Story