Afghan Taliban frees remaining S. Korean hostages
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed seven remaining South Korean hostages in Afghanistan on Thursday after a six-week kidnap ordeal, following a deal that Afghan officials said included a ransom payment by Seoul.
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South Korea said it expects the remaining seven Korean church volunteers held by the Taliban in Afghanistan to be released on Thursday.
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Intensive efforts are under way to free 23 South Korean hostages held by the Taleban in Afghanistan.
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Taliban agree to free 19 South Koreans kidnapped in central Afghanistan more than a month ago.
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Taleban rebels in Afghanistan free three more South Korean hostages, from a group of 19, a tribal elder says.
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The Taliban on Monday gave 23 Korean hostages another 24 hours to live to allow the South Korean government to open direct talks with the kidnappers, a Taliban spokesman said on Monday.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed five more South Korean hostages on Wednesday, taking to eight the number set free after reaching an agreement with South Korea on the release of all 19 Koreans held for nearly six weeks.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 22 -- Afghan security forces on Sunday surrounded the location where Taliban fighters are suspected to be holding 23 South Korean hostages and were prepared to launch an operation if negotiations broke down, Afghan officials said.
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Afghan and international forces have launched an operation to rescue 23 South Koreans taken hostage by Taliban insurgents south of the capital Kabul, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.
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The Taliban claimed responsibility for the kidnap of 18 South Korean Christians and two German nationals, and said they would only free the Germans if Berlin withdraws troops from Afghanistan.
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ANYANG, South Korea  - Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release.
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KABUL -- Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages said yesterday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives. Afghan state television reported that President Hamid Karzai had decreed the release of prisoners for Eid, the end of the Muslim fasting month, expected on Sunday. But there was no ...
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed Tuesday, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 22 -- Afghan security forces on Sunday surrounded the suspected location where Taliban fighters are holding 23 South Korean hostages and were prepared to launch an operation if negotiations broke down, Afghan officials said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A purported Taliban spokesman said yesterday that the Islamic militia had killed two German hostages, a statement disputed by both Afghanistan and Germany. He also offered to trade 23 captive South Koreans for imprisoned Taliban fighters.
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Taliban insurgents have kidnapped 23 Korean Christians from a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, the biggest group of foreigners seized so far in the militant campaign to oust the government and its Western backers.
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Taliban insurgents will release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have been holding for more than a month in Afghanistan, South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday.