UN workers abducted in Afghanistan phone home as militants seek ...
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Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives they are all right, as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release after 12 days in the hands of Taliban-linked militants.
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US-led troops searching for three UN hostages blasted their way into compounds in Kabul early on Monday and detained 12 people while militants claiming to hold the UN workers warned the government against any tricks.
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A Kosovar woman among three U.N. workers kidnapped in Afghanistan has called home to say she is well and expects to be freed soon, a businessman seeking her release said Tuesday.
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Militants who have threatened to kill three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan were due to open talks with government negotiators, raising hopes for a peaceful solution to the 10-day-old crisis.
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Men in military uniforms held up a United Nations vehicle in Kabul yesterday and abducted three election workers at gunpoint. It was the first kidnapping of UN or aid workers
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An Afghan militant group that abducted three UN workers a week ago say that the government and the United Nations have agreed to start formal negotiations for their release.
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Three foreign United Nations employees kidnapped in Kabul are alive but may be killed if an attempt is made to rescue them, a spokesman for the group that has claimed responsibility told AFP by telephone.
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One of three UN workers held hostage by a Taliban splinter group in Afghanistan telephoned a friend in her home town in Kosovo on Monday and said she is well and not being badly treated, a relative said.
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The United Nations said it was increasingly worried about three of its election workers, abducted at gunpoint in Kabul a week ago by militants who have threatened to kill them.
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Security forces smashed their way into houses in downtown Kabul early today, detaining several men in an apparent search for three kidnapped UN workers.
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The bombing of a U.N. election office in Afghanistan that injuring six policemen drew calls from a U.N. union Friday for a withdrawal of staffers from the embattled nation.
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The first Westerners were kidnapped in Afghanistan yesterday when three UN election officials were bundled into a car by gunmen who ran their vehicle off the road in the capital Kabul.
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KABUL, NOVEMBER 7: Afghan militants who threatened to kill three kidnapped UN workers have demanded the release of 26 Taliban prisoners and agreed to give the government until Tuesday to do so, a spokesman for the militants said on Sunday.
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Police and villagers hunted on Friday for 13 mine-clearing workers kidnapped in a restive part of Afghanistan less than a week after Taliban militants vowed to step up an abduction campaign.
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THE United Nations said today it was increasingly worried about three of its election workers, abducted at gunpoint in Kabul a week ago by militants who have threatened to kill them.
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Kabul - Militants who have threatened to kill three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan were due to open talks with government negotiators on Sunday, raising hopes for a peaceful solution to the 10-day-old crisis.
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KABUL, Afghanistan A UN official says two workers held hostage in Afghanistan are looking forward to some peace and quiet. The women, one from Northern Ireland and the other from Kosovo, took off from Kabul today aboard a UN plane.