Deadline extended for hostages in Afghanistan
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Kabul - Militants holding three United Nations workers hostage in Afghanistan extended the deadline for their execution to late Wednesday, saying they wanted to allow more time for negotiations.
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Militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq extended their deadline by another 24 hours, Al Jazeera reported. The kidnappers threaten to kill the journalists unless France agrees to remove a ban on headscarves in schools.
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A deadline set by militants who have  threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton seized in Iraq  was due to expire Monday, and more than two dozen other  hostages were also facing death unless rebel demands were met.
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Taleban militants holding 23 South Koreans hostage in Afghanistan extend the deadline for reaching a deal.
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Taliban-linked militants have threatened to execute three foreign UN workers kidnapped in Kabul unless British troops withdraw from Afghanistan and Afghan prisoners are freed from US custody in Guantanamo Bay.
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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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KABUL : The deadline set by a Taliban splinter group to execute three foreign UN election workers it claims to be holding captive passed overnight with no word on their fate.
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A person who described himself as a spokesman for the Taliban extended a deadline for the lives of the hostages by one day.
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THE threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages last night as their Islamic militant captors&#39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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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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KABUL - Militants claiming to hold three UN hostages in Afghanistan said they have extended a deadline until late Saturday to decide the fate of the trio, who they have threatened to kill if the United Nations doesnât pull out of the country.
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Three United Nations workers, held hostage and pictured in a video released yesterday, will be executed on Wednesday unless British forces leave Afghanistan and Muslim prisoners are released from GuantÃ¡namo Bay, their Taliban kidnappers demanded yesterday
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KABUL, 15 November 2004 - Jaish el-Muslimeen captors threatening to kill three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan set a fresh deadline yesterday for their demands and blamed the United States for slowing up negotiations.
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A Taliban splinter group claiming to be holding three foreign UN workers hostage has said it has extended the deadline for their threatened execution at the request of the Afghan government.
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The kidnappers of a Northern Ireland woman in Afghanistan have again extended the deadline for their demands to be met. Annetta Flanigan from County Armagh and her United Nations colleagues, Filipino Angelito
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Militants threatening to kill three foreign hostages in Afghanistan on Monday allowed four days for negotiations on their demand that the United Nations withdraw from the country.
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CAIRO, November 7 (Itar-Tass) -- The abductors of three UN representatives in Afghanistan have extended the ultimatum to Kabul until Tuesday.