Taliban Agree to Free S. Korean Hostages
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- South Korean negotiators and Taliban leaders have reached an agreement that will allow for the release of 19 hostages from a South Korean church who have been held captive by Afghan insurgents for nearly six weeks, officials in Afghanistan said Tuesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 22 -- Afghan security forces on Sunday surrounded the location where Taliban fighters are suspected to be holding 23 South Korean hostages and were prepared to launch an operation if negotiations broke down, Afghan officials said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A purported Taliban spokesman said yesterday that the Islamic militia had killed two German hostages, a statement disputed by both Afghanistan and Germany. He also offered to trade 23 captive South Koreans for imprisoned Taliban fighters.
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Taliban militants released 12 captives in a series of handovers yesterday, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 South Korean hostages that one Afghan minister warned would embolden the insurgents.
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The announcement signaled an end to a wrenching hostage crisis that had gripped South Korea for almost six weeks.
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Afghan forces say they have surrounded Taleban fighters holding a group of South Korean hostages.
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Taliban kidnappers Thursday released the seven remaining South Korean hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials, Afghan and Taliban officials said.
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Taliban-linked militants holding three U.N. hostages claimed Wednesday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives.
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The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages on Sunday extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours to 1430 GMT on Monday.
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SOUTH KOREAN CHRISTIANS: 23 South Korean Christian aid workers are taken hostage while traveling by bus from Kabul to Kandahar on July 19. Two of the hostages were shot and two women were freed. The Taliban agree to free the remaining 19 in exchange for a promise from South Korea to end missionary work in Afghanistan and withdraw its troops from the country by the end of the year, as previously planned.
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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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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Force will not be used to free 23 South Korean hostages held by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan and Afghan authorities are hopeful of a breakthrough later in the day, a provincial governor said on Tuesday.
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Taliban militants released three female South Korean hostages in Afghanistan after more than a month of captivity, the South Korean government said Wednesday.
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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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South Korean officials and Taleban militants are to hold talks on the release of 19 hostages, officials say.
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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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The South Korean government won praise on Thursday for its part in securing the release of 19 hostages held in Afghanistan, but critics said Seoul may have set a dangerous precedent in directly negotiating with the Taliban.