UN Workers Freed in Afghanistan - Govt Officials
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Three foreign UN workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said. &quot;They were released a while back this morning,&quot; said a government official, who
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The United States has released 11 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on suspicion of Taliban links after a request from President Hamid Karzai, an Afghan official said on Wednesday.
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NEGOTIATORS claim to have secured a deal to free Annetta Flanigan, the kidnapped United Nations official, and her two colleagues in Afghanistan.
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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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KABUL - Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan telephoned home to say they are OK and one expressed hope she soon would be free, officials and relatives said Tuesday.
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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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Three foreign U.N. workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said.
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About 80 people detained by the U.S. military in Afghanistan will be released on Sunday, Afghan officials said.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Two UN workers who were held hostage for nearly a month by Afghan kidnappers left Kabul on Sunday to fly home.
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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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Three UN workers freed by kidnappers in Afghanistan rejoiced at their freedom Wednesday and said they were sustained through 27 days of captivity by thoughts of their family and friends.
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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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A Bangladeshi and a Sri Lankan held hostage in Iraq have been released, their governments say.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan have been freed unharmed, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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Eighteen soldiers held hostage by pro-Taleban militants in a Pakistani tribal region are released, officials say.
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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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The US-led military in Afghanistan has expressed hope that three foreign UN workers being held hostage by suspected Taliban remnants would be freed soon.