Taliban agree to release all South Korean hostages
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The Taliban said Tuesday that 19 South Korean hostages held by the hardline militia for nearly six weeks would be freed &quot;soon&quot; after a successful round of negotiations.
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Taliban insurgents will release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have been holding for nearly six weeks in Afghanistan, South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday.
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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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Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will free as many as eight of the 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a representative of the group said.
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SOUTH KOREAN CHRISTIANS: 23 South Korean Christian aid workers are taken hostage while traveling by bus from Kabul to Kandahar on July 19. Two of the hostages were shot and two women were freed. The Taliban agree to free the remaining 19 in exchange for a promise from South Korea to end missionary work in Afghanistan and withdraw its troops from the country by the end of the year, as previously planned.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- Negotiators in Afghanistan said Tuesday they had reached agreement on a deal that will allow 19 South Korean church volunteers to go free after six weeks in Taliban captivity, apparently ending a hostage crisis that has gripped both nations, officials said.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - The Afghan government and Taliban rebels are hopeful of a peaceful outcome to free 23 South Korean hostages held by insurgents, the two sides said on Tuesday.
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South Korean negotiators in Afghanistan have reached a deal with Taliban militants holding 19 South Korean Christian aid workers for over a month, a presidential spokesman in Seoul said Tuesday.
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South Korea's presidential office says the Taleban have agreed to free 19 hostages held in Afghanistan.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban and South Korean negotiators on Tuesday resumed talks on the fate of the remaining 19 Korean hostages held by the militant group in Afghanistan, provincial officials said.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban kidnappers shot dead a South Korean hostage and threatened to kill 22 others unless their demands were met by 2030 GMT (4.30 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, a Taliban spokesman said.
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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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A South Korean government spokesman said Tuesday that Taliban and Korean delegates have negotiated a deal to release the 19 Korean hostages who have been held hostage in Afghanistan since July
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Taliban and South Korean negotiators were expected on Tuesday to resume talks on the fate of the remaining 19 Korean hostages held by the militant group in Afghanistan, a provincial governor said.
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Taliban agree to free 19 South Koreans kidnapped in central Afghanistan more than a month ago.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 24  - Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed Tuesday to release hundreds of each others&#39; prisoners in a goodwill gesture during Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s visit to neighbouring Pakistan.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday they would release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have been holding for nearly six weeks.