Talks to Free UN Hostages Snagged
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Negotiations over three kidnapped UN workers in Afghanistan have hit a snag over ransom demands, officials said Tuesday, as Taliban-linked militants said they were debating whether to &quot;get rid&quot; of the hostages.
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Militants holding three foreign United Nations workers in Afghanistan said that they had held negotiations with officials from the Afghan government and the United
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Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives that they were all right as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release.
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The kidnappers of three UN workers in Afghanistan say the government has agreed terms for their release but there was no confirmation and a top US official said a deal would encourage hostage taking.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Wednesday the government had agreed to  terms for their release, despite indications from Afghan and  U.S. officials that a compromise was not possible.
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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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Militants threatening to kill three U.N. hostages said Saturday that talks with Afghan and U.N. officials had been postponed for another day.
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Afghan militants holding three U.N.  workers hostage began talks with the government and the United  Nations on Sunday and the kidnappers have dropped some of their  demands, a militant spokesman said.
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An Afghan militant group that abducted three UN workers a week ago said on Thursday that the government and the United Nations had agreed to start formal negotiations for their release.
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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  while the U.N. repeated a call for their immediate 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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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.
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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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Taleban-linked militants who are holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan say their captives&#39; lives depend on whether the Kabul government can reach an agreement Monday on the kidnappers&#39; demands.
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Talks aimed at freeing two Chinese engineers taken hostage by al-Qaeda-linked militants in a lawless region near the Afghanistan border have broken down and tribal elders
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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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Three UN workers, including a Briton, remain hostages of a Taliban faction despite hopes they would be freed by the Muslim festival of Eid, the third anniversary of the Taliban&#39;s ousting from the Afghan capital.