US forces in Afghanistan "hopeful" on release of UN hostages
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The US-led military in Afghanistan expressed hope that three foreign UN employees being held hostage by suspected Taliban remnants would be freed soon.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants released a video yesterday showing three frightened foreign UN hostages pleading for their release and threatened to kill them unless United Nations&#39; and British troops leave Afghanistan and Muslim prisoners are freed from
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KABUL, Afghanistan Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan have met with President Hamid Karzai. They looked tired but happy a day after their release from nearly four weeks of captivity.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday he is confident NATO nations will provide sufficient peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan, though it may take some prodding.
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Kabul - Militants who have threatened to kill three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan were due to open talks with government negotiators on Sunday, raising hopes for a peaceful solution to the 10-day-old crisis.
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The family of Annetta Flannigan, an Irish UN worker taken hostage in Afghanistan, spoke of their joy at her release Tuesday. In a statement through the Foreign Office, they
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ISLAMABAD : A group, holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan, said on Wednesday the hostages may be handed over to the groupâs military commission to decide their fate.
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Officials in Paris reiterated Wednesday its cautious optimism that two French reporters and their Syrian driver held hostage in Iraq may be freed, as trucks bearing their pictures criss-crossed the city.
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Taliban-linked militants have threatened to execute three foreign UN workers kidnapped in Kabul unless British troops withdraw from Afghanistan and Afghan prisoners are freed from US custody in Guantanamo Bay.
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The Afghan government is considering  offering a ransom to free three U.N. hostages, an official said  on Monday, as the kidnappers repeated a threat to kill the  foreigners unless Taliban prisoners were released.
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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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The four Britons still held by the US in Guantanamo Bay could be released within days, US defence sources say.
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Three foreign UN workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said. &quot;They were released a while back this morning,&quot; said a government official, who
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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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Three United Nations hostages have been freed after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - US and Afghan forces have apparently freed three UN workers who were kidnapped in Kabul on Oct. 28. On Monday, US and Afghan forces raided a house in Kabul, in what appears to have been part of an operation to free the hostages.
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Afghan kidnappers holding three foreign United Nations workers hostage say they are now considering whether to kill, hold or release their captives.