Afghan Kidnappers Demand Freeing of Named Prisoners
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A militant Afghan group holding three foreign UN workers has given negotiators a list of Taliban prisoners and said it will kill the hostages unless they -- and all Afghans jailed in Guantanamo Bay -- are freed.
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- Militants released a video Sunday showing three foreign UN hostages pleading for their release and threatened to kill them unless United Nations and British troops leave Afghanistan and Muslim prisoners are freed from US jails.
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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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Afghan kidnappers holding hostage three United Nation workers, including Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland, say the progress of negotiations for their release will decide whether they extend a deadline to execute the trio.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - Dozens of Afghan journalists and activists on Saturday sought the release of a journalist detained by security officials for allegedly making blasphemous comments.
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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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The family of Angelito Nayan appealed Tuesday to kidnappers in Afghanistan to free the United Nations worker and asked some sectors in the Philippines not to exploit their kinsman&#39;s plight to advance their political agenda.
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan said Friday that it would execute the hostages if the authorities pursued their search for the kidnappers.
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The United Nations again appealed for the safe return of three of its workers held hostage in Afghanistan on Thursday, three weeks after they were snatched from their car on a busy street in central Kabul.
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Afghanistan&#39;s government is trying to secure the rapid release of three United Nations workers taken hostage by an Afghan group, the UN said.
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The United Nations renewed an appeal for the safe release of three UN workers taken hostage in Afghanistan by a shadowy group of Islamic militants.
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A breakaway Taliban group claiming to hold three UN workers demanded Saturday the hostages&#39; governments pull their troops out of Afghanistan or condemn the &quot;international invasion&quot; of the country, AFP reports.
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Three UN employees held hostage in Afghanistan were shown on Sunday in a video aired by Al Jazeera television, which said they called for the release of prisoners from Afghan jails and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
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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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Kidnappers threatening to kill three  foreign U.N. workers in Afghanistan complained on Friday that  the government had yet to free 26 Taliban prisoners as part of  a deal they said it made to secure the trio's release.
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The UN has issued an appeal for the immediate return of its three staff members, which included a woman from Northern Ireland, kidnapped in Kabul last week.
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Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland, Filipino Angelito Nayan and Kosovan Shqipe Habibi were kidnapped in the Afghan capital, Kabul, last week.