'Afghan robbers' holding UN staff
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Three UN workers kidnapped in Kabul are probably not being held by Islamic militants, the Afghan authorities say.
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The United Nations said it was increasingly worried about three of its election workers, abducted at gunpoint in Kabul a week ago by militants who have threatened to kill them.
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Criminals rather than Islamic militants are holding three kidnapped U.N. workers, an official said Wednesday, dismissing the claims of a Taliban-linked group threatening to kill the trio unless the United States frees 26 jailed comrades.
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Afghanistan&#39;s Interior Ministry says the militant group claiming to have kidnapped three UN workers is not, in fact, the group holding the captives.
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Asia News, Militants who say they are holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan say they have split them up to make any rescue attempts more difficult.
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Three UN workers abducted almost three weeks ago in Afghanistan are probably being held by armed robbers and not by a Taliban splinter group that has threatened to kill them, the Interior Ministry says.
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KABUL : Islamic militants holding three foreign UN workers said they expected to hold fresh talks with the Afghan government while President Hamid Karzai expressed hope the trio would be released &quot;very soon&quot;.
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Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives they are all right, as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release after 12 days in the hands of Taliban-linked militants.
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Afghan kidnappers holding hostage three United Nation workers, including Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland, say the progress of negotiations for their release will decide whether they extend a deadline to execute the trio.
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Militants holding three foreign United Nations workers in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them by Wednesday (November 3) if the government does not convince the United States to release all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.
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The fate of three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan remains unclear nearly two weeks after suspected Islamic militants abducted them.
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Mrs Flanigan and two other UN officials were snatched in the capital Kabul last week while monitoring the country`s presidential election.
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Afghanistan&#39;s government is trying to secure the rapid release of three United Nations workers taken hostage by an Afghan group, the UN said.
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Afghan militants holding three UN workers threatened Sunday to kill their hostages if their demands were not met within three days.
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Militants claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of three foreign United Nations elections workers said Monday that they had separated the hostages to prevent
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A massive manhunt was underway for three UN foreign election workers whose daylight abduction in Kabul has sparked fears of the start of Iraq-style kidnappings in Afghanistan.
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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.