Afghan militants divided over hostages
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Militants holding three hostages in Afghanistan are divided over what to do after issuing a series of deadlines and narrowing their demands, the BBC reports.
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Afghan militants agreed to negotiate the release of three UN workers taken hostage last week, but warned they were ready to kill them if any rescue attempt was made.
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Taliban-linked militants threatening to kill three UN hostages accused the United States of hampering their release, though an Afghan official said Saturday a ransom demand was the main stumbling block.
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Militants who claim to be holding a Northern Ireland woman and two others hostage in Afghanistan have said they are suffering the effects of the cold and a poor diet.
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KABUL Militants claiming to hold three United Nations hostages have set a deadline to decide on whether to kill them after declaring that talks on their demands have broken down.
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KABUL : A breakaway Taliban group claiming to hold three UN workers said they would be killed unless the hostages&#39; governments pull their troops out of Afghanistan and condemn its &quot;invasion.
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KABUL : A murky Taliban splinter group holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan for three weeks was silent after the hostages&#39; families plead for their freedom, but the US military was hopeful they were alive and would be safely released.
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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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MILITANTS threatening to kill three foreign United Nations workers abducted in Afghanistan said yesterday they had split them up to thwart rescue attempts.
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Afghan authorities are investigating whether some government figures helped a group of Muslim militants kidnap three foreigners working for the United Nations.
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Two of the three hostages being held by militants in Afghanistan have been allowed to call home, an Afghan presidential spokesman said.
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A spokesman for a militant group holding three UN workers hostage says negotiations are under way for their release. The Taliban splinter group says it&#39;s speaking with Afghan and UN officials.
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Militants holding hostage three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan said they negotiated yesterday with Afghan government and UN officials in southern Afghanistan but that the meeting ended without results.
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An Afghan militant group repeated a  threat to kill three foreign U.N. workers held hostage since  late last month unless Taliban prisoners were freed, but said  it was willing to be flexible on other demands.
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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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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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Militants claiming to hold three UN hostages said Thursday that talks on their demands, including the release of Taliban prisoners, had broken down, and they would decide Friday whether to kill the trio.