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Afghanistan
Hostage crisis to end 'peacefully'
2007-07-25
(CNN) -- Taliban talks with South Korea over the fate of kidnapped South Korean volunteer aid workers in Afghanistan are progressing well, a Taliban spokesman said, adding that he thinks "the situation will be solved peacefully."
The SKors are gonna pay up, huh?
The kidnappers have threatened to kill the 23 South Koreans, most of whom are women, if their demands are not met. They want Afghanistan to release a group of prisoners and South Korea to withdraw its 200 non-combat forces from Afghanistan, which Seoul already plans to do by the end of the year. "Negotiation is going well between the Taliban and the Korean government, but not the Afghan government," Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousif Ahmadi said. "We're optimistic that the situation will be solved peacefully. We hope it will be finished before 7 p.m. If not, we might give them more time."

The Taliban said on Monday that "since the Afghan government has not sincerely tried to solve the problem, this time we give another 24 hours to the Korean government to solve the matter." After talks stalled Monday, it was announced that a new group of Afghan negotiators would begin talks with the Taliban kidnappers' representatives on Tuesday, Ghazni district governor Khawaja Mohammed Siddiqui told CNN.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Yep, Islam is the Religion of Peace, all right - the "peace" of the grave. No thanks. I'd rather remain as I am.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-07-25 14:37  

#5  According to JPost, Lions(TM) have already killed one of the hostages.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-07-25 11:58  

#4  "Negotiations are going well". Translates to "Their offer was below our reserve".
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-07-25 09:31  

#3  From FoxNews

"KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants claimed they shot and killed one South Korean hostage on Wednesday while a group of abductees was freed and taken to a U.S. military base, officials said.

Purported Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed that one of the hostages had been shot and killed around 4 p.m. (7:30 a.m. EDT), and a police official who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation said militants told him the hostage was sick and couldn't walk and was therefore shot.

Some of the 23 Korean hostages, meanwhile, had been freed and were taken to a U.S. base in Ghazni, two Western officials said who asked not to be identified. The officials did not know how many had been freed. The South Korean news agency Yonhap said eight Koreans had been freed."

ROP indeed.....
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2007-07-25 09:14  

#2  Of course it will end peacefully; Islam is the Religion of Peace™
Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds   2007-07-25 08:58  

#1  www.abcnews.com - nothing mentioned
www.nbcnews.com - nothing mentioned
www.cbsnews.com - nothing mentioned
www.foxnews.com - nothing mentioned

Disgusting!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2007-07-25 01:15  

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