Afghan Militants Extend Deadline for UN Hostages
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Militants holding three U.N. workers  hostage in Afghanistan have extended a deadline for their  demands to be met because of the time taken for negotiators to  arrive for talks, a spokesman for the kidnappers said on  Saturday.
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MILITANTS holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan offered today to consider extending a three-day deadline for their beheading.
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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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Militants claiming to hold three U.N. hostages in Afghanistan postponed a Friday deadline for carrying out their threat to kill the trio, giving United Nations and Afghan officials another day to open negotiations.
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An Afghan militant group on Monday  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 militants who have threatened to  kill three kidnapped U.N. workers have agreed to give the  government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban  prisoners, a spokesman for the militants said on Sunday.
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Afghan kidnappers who threatened to kill three UN workers they abducted extended the deadline on their demands after the Afghan government said it would respond to them tomorrow, Reuters reported, citing a spokesman for the group.
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KABUL - The militant group holding three foreign UN workers captive in Afghanistan extended an ultimatum for their threatened execution on Wednesday but gave conflicting versions of a new deadline.
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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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Afghan militants holding three UN workers threatened Sunday to kill their hostages if their demands were not met within three days.
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KABUL : A Taliban splinter group claiming to hold three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan extended Wednesday&#39;s deadline for their killing as an Afghan official expressed optimism at winning the hostages&#39; release.
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The latest deadline set by the kidnappers of Annetta Flanigan from Co Armagh, and two other UN workers in Afghanistan, has expired.
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Afghan militants threatening to kill three UN hostages, including Northern Ireland&#39;s Annetta Flanigan, pushed back the deadline for their deaths until midnight today - 7.30pm Irish time.
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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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Militants threatening to kill three UN hostages said talks were to begin with Afghan and UN officials today, ten days after the victims were abducted at gunpoint on a street in the capital.
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Militants holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan have offered to consider extending a three-day deadline for their beheading.
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Militants holding three U.N. workers  hostage in Afghanistan said they expected to hold talks via  intermediaries with U.N. and government negotiators on Sunday.