Afghan UN Kidnappers Await Release of 26 Taliban
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in Afghanistan said on Thursday they expect the government to release 26 Taliban prisoners in exchange for their hostages before the Muslim Eid festival this weekend.
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Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will on Wednesday start releasing the 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a representative of the group said.
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Militants holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan have said they will give officials until Friday to meet their demands. The group had previously suggested it would start killing the hostages on Wednesday
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An Afghan militant group that abducted three UN workers a week ago say that the government and the United Nations have agreed to start formal negotiations for their release.
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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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A UN spokesman has called on kidnappers to release three UN hostages held in Afghanistan before the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr later this week.
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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 Afghan government announced Tuesday that contact had been made with the three United Nations election officials kidnapped nearly two weeks ago and expressed hope that they would be released soon.
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KABUL : Islamic militants holding three foreign UN workers said they expected to hold fresh talks with the Afghan government while President Hamid Karzai expressed hope the trio would be released &quot;very soon&quot;.
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After releasing three women, the Taliban said that some of the remaining 16 hostages may be freed this afternoon.
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The Taliban has agreed to release 19  South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan in return for the  withdrawal of South Korean troops from the country before the  end of the year, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.
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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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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.
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Taliban-linked kidnappers of three UN election workers, including a British woman, claimed today that a deal could be close for their release.
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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.
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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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Three U.N. workers remained hostages of a Taliban faction despite hopes they would be freed by the Muslim festival of Eid which began on Saturday, the third anniversary of the Taliban's flight from the Afghan capital.