4 Afghans ready to replace UN hostages
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Four Afghan nationals have expressed their readiness to replace the three UN abductees as hostages in abid to secure the foreigners&#39; safe release, a state-run Kabul-based daily reported Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed today, a day after a string of raids by US and Afghan security forces.
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Militants holding three U.N. workers  hostage in Afghanistan said they expected to hold talks via  intermediaries with U.N. and government negotiators on Sunday  while the U.N. repeated a call for their immediate release.
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Militants holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan have said they will give officials until Friday to meet their demands. The group had previously suggested it would start killing the hostages on Wednesday
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The US-led military in Afghanistan expressed hope that three foreign UN employees being held hostage by suspected Taliban remnants would be freed soon.
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ISLAMABAD : A group, holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan, said on Wednesday the hostages may be handed over to the groupâs military commission to decide their fate.
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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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Militants holding three U.N. workers  hostage in Afghanistan said they expected to hold talks via  intermediaries with U.N. and government negotiators on Sunday.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan - Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan have called home to say they are OK, officials and relatives said Tuesday, and one hostage said she expected to be released soon.
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Three UN workers held hostage for almost a month in Afghanistan thanked President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan people on Wednesday and said the thought of reunion with
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Militants threatening to kill three foreign hostages in Afghanistan allowed four days for negotiations on their demand that the United Nations withdraw from the country.
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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.
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24 November 2004 - Three United Nations election workers freed yesterday nearly a month after being abducted in Afghanistan today thanked the Afghan people for the support shown during their ordeal and said they were looking forward to getting back to
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Two UN workers who spent nearly a month in the hands of Afghan kidnappers left Kabul on Sunday as relatives and friends awaited their arrivals in Northern Ireland and Kosovo.
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Some of the 26 Taliban members Afghan militants have demanded freed as part of a deal to release three kidnapped UN workers could be in the US military jail
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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.