Afghan Kidnappers Demand Release of 26 Comrades
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Afghan militants who have threatened to  kill three kidnapped U.N. workers have agreed to give the  government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban  prisoners, a spokesman for the militants said on Sunday.
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Militants who have threatened to kill three UN workers abducted in Afghanistan almost three weeks ago appeared to narrow demands for their release on Tuesday and said they would meet later in the day to decide their fate.
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KABUL - An Islamist group that claims responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners in Afghanistan said on Friday it would execute the hostages unless authorities called off their massive manhunt for the kidnappers.
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Afghan militants holding three foreigners hostage have said they will kill them unless Taleban and al-Qaeda prisoners are released by Wednesday.
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A Taliban splinter group holding three U.N. workers hostage demanded a response to its demands from the Afghan government and United Nations by Tuesday afternoon, saying it would kill one captive if they were not met.
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KABUL, 16 November 2004 - Afghan captors holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan extended a deadline yesterday for their demands to be met, blaming the US for disrupting negotiations aimed at securing the captivesâ release.
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Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will on Wednesday start releasing 19 South Korean Christian volunteers kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a representative of the group said.
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Arabic TV network Al-Jazeera Sunday aired video apparently showing three UN election workers taken hostage in Afghanistan and the kidnappers&#39; demand for the release of prisoners in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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About 500 Afghan women gathered in a rare mass protest Tuesday against the kidnapping of an American aid worker. The women, many wearing burqas, called on officials to find the captive American and urged the kidnappers to release her.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants holding three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan have said they will kill them unless all Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners are released from US custody by noon (2:30 am ET) on Wednesday.
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Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan holding three kidnapped U.N. workers demanded on Sunday the release of 26 prisoners, some possibly in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, in return for sparing the hostages' ...
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A group of 20 Afghan women offered on Thursday to take the place of three foreign UN workers held hostage for the past two weeks by a Taliban splinter group.
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Kidnappers of two Chinese engineers have demanded the release of two militants held by Pakistani security forces, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said.
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Kidnappers who have threatened to kill three UN workers in Afghanistan have agreed to give the Government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Wednesday the government had agreed to  terms for their release, despite indications from Afghan and  U.S. officials that meeting the militants' demands was  impossible.
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A militant group threatening to kill three UN hostages said Thursday they were in talks with the Afghan government about the group&#39;s demand that Taliban prisoners be released.
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BESLAN, Russia - Armed militants who seized hundreds of hostages at a school in southern Russia released 26 women and small children yesterday afternoon, but they rejected proposals for resolving the standoff as anxious relatives settled in for a long