Denmark has evacuated staff from its embassies in Algeria and Afghanistan because of an increased threat level, officials said Wednesday. Danish intelligence officials have warned of an “aggravated” terror threat against Denmark since the reprinting in February of a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The warning specifically singled out North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Embassy employees in Algeria and Afghanistan have been moved to secret locations in Algiers and Kabul, but continue to work, Foreign Ministry spokesman Erik Laursen said. The threat “is so concrete that we had to take this decision,” Laursen told the Associated Press. “The decision is based on intelligence,” he added, declining to elaborate. Embassy employees in Algiers were relocated “some days ago,” while the staff in Kabul was moved Wednesday, he said. Laursen stressed that the embassies have not been closed and could still be reached by telephone and e
