Shot Brit Doctor 'Helped Up To 2,000 Afghans'

Lisa Dowd, Midlands correspondent
A British doctor who was shot dead alongside nine fellow aid workers in Afghanistan had given vital medical help to up to 2,000 people during their expedition, an inquest has heard.
Dr Karen Woo, 36, a surgeon from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, suffered two gunshot wounds and died instantly following an ambush in a remote part of the country on August 5, 2010.
The court in Hatfield heard how Dr Woo had trekked on foot with colleagues for three weeks to reach Nuristan to deliver medical supplies to poor Afghans.
Among those she helped was a baby boy, whose life she saved.
But as they crossed a river to leave Nuristan, Dr Woo was shot dead alongside seven Americans and two Afghans. Only one person, an Afghan, was spared in the attack, which the Taliban claimed they carried out.
Dr Woo was due to return to the UK shortly after the expedition to marry her fiance Paddy Smith.
"We still miss Karen every day," said Mr Smith, who attended the inquest with Karen's parents and brother.
"It doesn't really change the loss of life but one thing that was focused on by the coroner was the positive work Karen was doing in Afghanistan and that's really our focus now, to carry that on through the Karen Woo Foundation."
Mr Smith, 37, a security worker in Afghanistan, explained how he had kept in regular contact with Dr Woo over a satellite phone during her trip, and told how she had been excited about their approaching wedding.
Hertfordshire coroner Edward Thomas, who recorded a verdict of unlawful killing, said there had been speculation the group had been preaching Christianity in the area, but they were there for purely humanitarian reasons.
Mr Thomas said: "It was thought that the primary motive of the offenders was that they weren't bandits to take property, but they were in fact killing them because of who they were.
"All of them were killed in an area where they were helping and supporting people."
The trip - Dr Woo's third to the country - had been organised by Christian charity International Assistance Mission, which had 40 years' experience in Afghanistan.
Due to the number of American deaths in the attack, the coroner said the FBI was investigating and working to bring those responsible to justice