Taliban free eight Korean hostages
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed eight South Korean hostages in two separate batches on Wednesday, the first of 19 Christian volunteers the Taliban agreed to release.
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- The Taliban on Wednesday began making good on a promise to release 19 South Koreans who have been held captive for a month and a half, freeing 12 and promising to turn over the rest in coming days.
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South Korean negotiators in Afghanistan have reached a deal with Taliban militants holding 19 South Korean Christian aid workers for over a month, a presidential spokesman in Seoul said Tuesday.
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Afghan forces say they have surrounded Taleban fighters holding a group of South Korean hostages.
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The Taliban said Tuesday that 19 South Korean hostages held by the hardline militia for nearly six weeks would be freed &quot;soon&quot; after a successful round of negotiations.
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U.S. forces in Afghanistan have freed 81  Taliban prisoners from a jail at the Bagram air base, north of  the capital Kabul, the Afghan chief justice said on Sunday.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - The Afghan government and Taliban rebels are hopeful of a peaceful outcome to free 23 South Korean hostages held by insurgents, the two sides said on Tuesday.
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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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Nineteen South Korean  Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan  for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on  Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday they would release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have been holding for nearly six weeks.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Nineteen South Koreans flew out of Afghanistan yesterday after spending nearly six weeks in Taliban captivity, as Afghanistan's main opposition political party criticized the agreement that led to their release.
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KABUL: Three United Nations hostages were freed early on Tuesday after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.
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Eight hostages have been released in Iraq. Two Italians and two Iraqi aid workers kidnapped this month were freed Tuesday after three weeks in captivity, Italy's prime minister said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- Negotiators in Afghanistan said Tuesday they had reached agreement on a deal that will allow 19 South Korean church volunteers to go free after six weeks in Taliban captivity, apparently ending a hostage crisis that has gripped both nations, officials said.
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South Korea says it expects the remaining seven hostages held in  Afghanistan to be freed in the day.
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Three U.N. workers kidnapped in Afghanistan have been released unharmed after more than three weeks in captivity, Afghan officials said Tuesday.