Taliban say to start releasing Koreans
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Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will on Wednesday start releasing the 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a representative of the group said.
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The Taliban had threatened to kill 23 South Korean hostages unless an equal number of Taliban fighters were released.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday they would release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have held for nearly six weeks provided Seoul pulls out its troops and stops Korean missionary work in Afghanistan by year-end.
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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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KABUL, Nov 7 - 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 on Sunday.
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JANDA, Afghanistan - Taliban militants released the last seven South Korean hostages yesterday under a deal with the government in Seoul, ending a six-week drama that the insurgents claimed as a "great victory for our holy warriors."
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Intensive efforts are under way to free 23 South Korean hostages held by the Taleban in Afghanistan.
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Taliban militants threatened Friday to kill a group of abducted South Korean Christians, including 15 women, within 24 hours unless the Asian nation withdraws its 200 troops from Afghanistan. South Korea said Saturday it plans to withdraw its forces by the end of this year as scheduled.
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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 Korean hostages set free by Afghan rebels after six weeks in captivity are likely to receive a mixed homecoming with many awaiting their weekend arrival with relief but also seeing them as largely to blame for their ordeal.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed 12 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a day after reaching a deal with Korean and Indonesian negotiators on the release of the 19 Christian volunteers.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban kidnappers killed one of its 23 South Koreans hostages and will kill the rest if their demands are not met by 2030 GMT (4.30 pm ET) on Wednesday, a Taliban spokesman said.
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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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Afghan forces say they have surrounded Taleban fighters holding a group of South Korean hostages.
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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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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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Nineteen newly freed South Korean hostages were expected to fly out of the Afghan capital on Friday after a six-week kidnap drama, sources close to the arrangements said, after a deal critics fear could spur more abductions.