Three U.N. Hostages Freed Unharmed in Afghanistan
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed on Tuesday, almost four  weeks after their abduction at gunpoint on a Kabul street  raised fears of a wave of Iraq-style kidnappings.
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Three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday and appeared happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly a month.
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Taliban-linked militants holding three UN 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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Hostage takers released three European captives Monday in Nigeria's restive oil region, officials said.
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Taliban militants in Afghanistan released three South Korean hostages, the first of 19 captives scheduled to be freed under a deal struck between the insurgents and the South Korean government.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan were freed on Monday during a raid by NATO-led troops, officials said.
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Kidnappers of three UN workers in Afghanistan said on Wednesday the government had agreed to terms for their release, despite indications from Afghan and US officials that a compromise was not possible.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers remained hostages of a Taliban faction despite hopes that they would be freed by the Muslim festival of Eid, which began yesterday, also the third anniversary of the Taliban's flight from the Afghan capital.
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A militant group which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners in Afghanistan said on Saturday the hostages were safe.
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Four foreign hostages are freed unharmed in oil-rich southern Nigeria, after several weeks in captivity.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed today, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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The kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said the government agreed terms for their release  on Wednesday, but there was no confirmation and a top U.S.  official said a deal would encourage hostage taking.
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Kidnappers freed seven children who were seized on their way to school in a volatile suburb of Haiti's capital, a U.N. official said Friday.
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KABUL -- Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages said yesterday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives. Afghan state television reported that President Hamid Karzai had decreed the release of prisoners for Eid, the end of the Muslim fasting month, expected on Sunday. But there was no ...
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Three foreign United Nations workers kidnapped and held hostage in Afghanistan for three weeks were released, police and officials told AFP.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan are freed during a military operation, Italy's defence ministry says.