Afghan Militants Drop Guantanamo Prisoner Demand
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A Taliban splinter faction that has threatened to kill three foreign UN workers abducted in Afghanistan nearly three weeks ago appeared to narrow its demands for their release Tuesday.
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The United States has released 11 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on suspicion of Taliban links after a request from President Hamid Karzai, an Afghan official said on Wednesday.
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A captured Afghan insurgent commander has been transferred to the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, just as a storm of speculation erupted over the facility&#39;s potential closure.
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An Afghan militant group repeated a  threat to kill three foreign U.N. workers held hostage since  late last month unless Taliban prisoners were freed, but said  it was willing to be flexible on other demands.
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The Canadian military has stopped turning over detainees to Afghan authorities due to allegations of torture, the Justice Ministry said in a letter sent Wednesday to civil rights groups.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed a call that he resign as unconstitutional, but said his challengers had the right to make the demand.
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U.S. forces in Afghanistan freed 81 suspected Taliban fighters from military jails across the country Sunday and some of the released men said they had been mistreated and tortured in custody.
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Afghan militants have hinted they might release a Filipino hostage, one of three UN workers kidnapped last week, as his country has no troops in Afghanistan.
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Militants in Afghanistan holding three UN workers hostage said on Saturday they were hopeful their demands would be met in negotiations but there were conflicting reports on whether the talks had started.
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Militants holding a Briton and two other foreign UN workers in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them unless all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners are released from US
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Militants claiming to hold three UN hostages said Thursday that talks on their demands, including the release of Taliban prisoners, had broken down, and they would decide Friday whether to kill the trio.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Militants claiming to hold three United Nations workers hostage said talks on demands, which include the release of Taliban prisoners, had broken down and that they would decide Friday whether to kill the trio.
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Taliban-linked militants threatening to kill three UN hostages accused the United States of hampering their release, though an Afghan official said Saturday a ransom demand was the main stumbling block.
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KARACHI, Pakistan -- A veteran Afghan warlord wanted by the United States has distanced himself from the Taliban and given his strongest indication yet that he was open to talks with President Hamid Karzai.
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The United States has released 11 Afghans  held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on suspicion of Taliban links  after a request from President Hamid Karzai, an Afghan official  said on Wednesday.
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TANK, Pakistan - An Al Qaeda-linked Pakistani tribesman who spent time in Guantanamo Bay has rejected an appeal by tribal elders to free two Chinese hostages whom he has threatened to kill, mediators said Wednesday.
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Militants holding three foreign UN workers Sunday gave Afghan officials a list of 26 prisoners whom they want released, with Tuesday the new deadline.