&#39;American Taliban&#39; Appeals for Early Release
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The lawyer for an American sentenced to 20 years in a US prison for fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan appealed to President Bush to lessen his sentence after a man in a similar case was freed.
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John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban.
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The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages on Sunday extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours to 10:30 a.m. EDT on Monday.
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A Taliban splinter group holding three  U.N. workers hostage demanded a response to its demands from  the government and United Nations by Tuesday afternoon and said  it would kill one of the captives if they were not met.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency.
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The tape called for kidnappings to try to force the release of a high-profile Muslim cleric imprisoned in the U.S.
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Militants holding three foreign United Nations workers in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them by Wednesday (November 3) if the government does not convince the United States to release all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.
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Militants holding three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them unless all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners are released from US custody by noon (0730 GMT) on Wednesday.
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John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban. His lawyer, James Brosnahan, said that Lindh was fighting
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KABUL, 16 November 2004 - Afghan captors holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan extended a deadline yesterday for their demands to be met, blaming the US for disrupting negotiations aimed at securing the captivesâ release.
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The lawyer for an American  sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison for fighting with the  Taliban in Afghanistan appealed to President Bush to lessen his  sentence after a man in a similar case was freed.
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A Taliban splinter group holding three  U.N. workers hostage demanded a response to its demands from  the Afghan government and United Nations by Tuesday afternoon,  saying it would kill one captive if they were not met.
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Efforts to free three foreign hostages threatened with death by a Taliban splinter group have reached a "sensitive" stage, the U.S. military said Saturday in urging the kidnappers not to harm them.
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A group threatening to kill three kidnapped foreigners working for the United Nations in Afghanistan has denied extending the deadline for the United States to release all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.
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Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has  accused the United States of trying to impose a puppet  administration in Afghanistan and vowed to regain control of  the country, a Pakistan-based Afghan news agency reported on  Friday.
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A Taliban splinter group that has threatened to kill three U.N. hostages again extended a deadline on its demands after the government said it would respond to them on Wednesday, a spokesman for the group said on Tuesday.
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John Walker Lindh, serving 20  years in jail for fighting alongside the Taliban, asked the  U.S. government on Tuesday to lessen his sentence after it  decided to release a second American captured in Afghanistan.