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The United States indicated Wednesday it will not free jailed militants to secure the release of three UN election workers in Afghanistan, even as the kidnappers claimed a deal was close.
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The planned release of a US citizen captured in Afghanistan as a suspected enemy combatant has been delayed, a State Department official said Thursday, because of what the US official described as a snag in negotiations with the Saudi government.
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KABUL : A murky Taliban splinter group holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan for three weeks was silent after the hostages&#39; families plead for their freedom, but the US military was hopeful they were alive and would be safely released.
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With time running out to save a British  hostage in Iraq, U.S. officials said on Wednesday they were not  about to free female Iraqi prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda  ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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On Wednesday, Karzai issued a decree ordering a traditional Eid prisoner amnesty but a presidential official insisted the order did not cover the prisoners the militants want freed.
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The United States ambassador to Afghanistan denies allegations he is meddling in the country&#39;s first direct presidential election, to be held on October 9. US ambassador to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad, says that
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The top US official in Afghanistan called on the Taliban to give up their three-year insurgency, pledging Thursday that most who surrender will be left in peace
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A group threatening to kill three kidnapped foreigners working for the United Nations in Afghanistan has denied extending the deadline for the United States to release all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.
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BAGHDAD, SEPTEMBER 23: The British and Iraqi governments said on Thursday that they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite a video message from the captive pleading for his life.
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Kidnappers threatening to execute three UN hostages in Afghanistan accused the United States on Saturday of delaying their release.
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The top US official in Afghanistan called Thursday on the Taliban to give up their three-year insurgency against American forces, pledging &quot;non-criminal&quot; fighters will
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At a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Romania on Wednesday, Germany objected to Washington&#39;s proposal for NATO forces to take over the US military mission in Afghanistan as part of next year&#39;s reorganization efforts.
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Afghan kidnappers holding hostage three United Nation workers, including Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland, say the progress of negotiations for their release will decide whether they extend a deadline to execute the trio.
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South Korea&#39;s spy chief has refused to  deny his government paid a ransom to the Taliban to release 19  hostages last week, a lawmaker said on Thursday.
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PESHAWAR: The Jaishul Muslimeen has said it agreed not to execute the three UN hostages Saturday following the first direct contact made with it by the Afghan government and officials of the world body.
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With time running out for British hostage Kenneth Bigley, US and Iraqi officials say they will not free female Iraqi prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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Authorities insisted they won&#39;t give in to militants&#39; demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed