Taliban say to start releasing Koreans
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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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Militants who say they are holding three foreigners hostage in Afghanistan say talks are about to open.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents freed three female South Korean hostages on Wednesday, having agreed to start releasing 19 Christian volunteers they had kidnapped nearly six weeks ago.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The US authorities have permitted the Afghan government to release Pakistani prisoners languishing in different jails for their alleged links with Taliban, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Sunday.
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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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Taliban militants on Monday extended the deadline for their South Korean hostages by another 24 hours, but told the government to put them in direct contact with Korean negotiators.
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A Taliban spokesman said the three remaining South Korean hostages would be released within hours.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Thursday they expect the government to  release 26 Taliban prisoners in exchange for their hostages  before the Muslim Eid festival this weekend.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  -- A purported Taliban spokesman said that negotiations for the lives of 23 South Korean hostages had stalled and that militants would kill the aid workers Monday evening if the government doesn't free Taliban prisoners.
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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 said on Tuesday they would release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have been holding for nearly six weeks.
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Taliban militants in Afghanistan released three South Korean hostages, the first of 19 captives scheduled to be freed under a deal struck between the insurgents and the South Korean government.
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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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The Taliban has agreed to release 19 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan in return for the withdrawal of South Korean troops from the country before the end of the year, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.
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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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Nineteen South Koreans held hostage for six weeks in Afghanistan are kept on the move by their Taliban captors, but are said to be in good health, a doctor in touch with a senior commander in the insurgent group told reporters Friday.
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Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said patience was running out in talks over 23 South Korean hostages kidnapped by insurgents in Afghanistan and said rebel prisoners must be freed by 0930 GMT on Wednesday.