Taliban say to free all 19 South Korean hostages
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday they would release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have held for nearly six weeks provided Seoul pulls out its troops and stops Korean missionary work in Afghanistan by year-end.
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ANYANG, South Korea  - 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 saving them from death.
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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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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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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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Security forces have now picked up 19 Taliban militants since Saturday, including the brother of the former Taliban governor of Kandahar, the religious dictatorship&#39;s stronghold during its years in power.
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Intensive efforts are under way to free 23 South Korean hostages held by the Taleban in Afghanistan.
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About 20 South Korean Christian volunteers are feared to have been kidnapped in Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents freed three female South Korean hostages on Wednesday, having agreed to start releasing 19 Christian volunteers they had kidnapped nearly six weeks ago.
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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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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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The 19 South Korean Christians freed by Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban after six weeks in captivity will arrive home on early Sunday, foreign ministry officials said.
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ANYANG, South Korea  - 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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The Taliban threatened to kill 23 South Korean hostages if Afghan troops try to free them by force, as negotiations were under way to secure the release of the captives.
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A South Korean government spokesman said Tuesday that Taliban and Korean delegates have negotiated a deal to release the 19 Korean hostages who have been held hostage in Afghanistan since July
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed three South Korean women hostages on Wednesday, the first of 19 Christian volunteers the Taliban agreed to release after South Korea said it would pull its troops out of Afghanistan.
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International and Afghan forces killed a dozen Taliban overnight including a commander involved in the July kidnapping of 23 South Koreans, a provincial police chief said Tuesday.