Sunday, August 19, 2007
Sanctificata est.
Via Chosunilbo as usual:
Taliban kidnappers have declared that negotiations with the Korean government for the release of 19 Koreans held in Afghanistan have collapsed. Some reports said the Taliban threatened to kill one or two more hostages unless Korea makes a genuine offer by Monday. Since freeing two women, the Taliban said they will kill no more hostages while negotiations are under way as talks with a Korean delegation were going smoothly.
But in a phone interview with the Chosun Ilbo’s local correspondent, the purported Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi blamed the Korean government for the collapse of the negotiations, saying the militant group no longer expects Korea to persuade the Afghan government to release Taliban prisoners in exchange for the hostages.
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Ahmadi said unless the South Korean side gets more active in negotiations than it has been, “one or two hostages could be killed.” ...
Meanwhile, one hostage gave up her chance to return home to another woman when the Taliban freed two female hostages last week. The woman asked the kidnappers to release the other woman instead of her, saying her health was getting better.
These are saints. ¶ 6:37 PM
Taliban kidnappers have declared that negotiations with the Korean government for the release of 19 Koreans held in Afghanistan have collapsed. Some reports said the Taliban threatened to kill one or two more hostages unless Korea makes a genuine offer by Monday. Since freeing two women, the Taliban said they will kill no more hostages while negotiations are under way as talks with a Korean delegation were going smoothly.
But in a phone interview with the Chosun Ilbo’s local correspondent, the purported Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi blamed the Korean government for the collapse of the negotiations, saying the militant group no longer expects Korea to persuade the Afghan government to release Taliban prisoners in exchange for the hostages.
...
Ahmadi said unless the South Korean side gets more active in negotiations than it has been, “one or two hostages could be killed.” ...
Meanwhile, one hostage gave up her chance to return home to another woman when the Taliban freed two female hostages last week. The woman asked the kidnappers to release the other woman instead of her, saying her health was getting better.
These are saints. ¶ 6:37 PM
