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The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the kidnap of 18 South Korean Christians and two German nationals.

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Pakistan's army has killed up to 13 pro-Taliban fighters in North Waziristan, the military said yesterday, amid escalating violence in the troubled read more »
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A purported Taliban spokesman said that negotiations for the lives of 23 South Korean hostages had stalled and that militants read more »
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Twenty-three South Koreans held by the Taliban in Afghanistan are in good health, a Taliban spokesman has said, but warned negotiations with Afghan a read more »
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The Afghan government threatened to use force against Taliban fighters holding 22 South Korean aid workers yesterday unless the 10-day kidnapping cri read more »
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Efforts to save the lives of South Koreans being held by Afghanistan's hardline Taliban militia took on new urgency today after the rebels said they read more »
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AFGHAN police have discovered the bullet-riddled body of the second South Korean hostage in central Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press.
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July 31 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea's Foreign Ministry confirmed today that Taliban militants killed a second hostage in Afghanistan.

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TWO women among 21 South Koreans held by the Taliban in Afghanistan are seriously ill, a rebel spokesman said today, ahead of a looming deadline to k read more »
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Officials searched for a neutral meeting place in Afghanistan where South Korean negotiators and Taliban captors could safely me read more »
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan - The Taliban sought guarantees of safety from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan for possible hostage talks with South Korean offic read more »
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President Hamid Karzai said the Afghan government is working to free 21 South Korean hostages but indicated it wouldn't give in to Taliban demands t read more »
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday the Taliban was a defeated and frustrated force that poses no threat to the stability of his country's gov read more »
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Miram Shah, Pakistan—With Pashtun tribesmen gathered around him, a bearded man clad in militia garb and with a gun clinging to his shoulder issued a read more »
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Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean officials and Taliban militants held their first face-to-face meeting to negotiate the fate of 21 hostages held i read more »
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SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean government confirmed on Saturday its first face-to-face talks with Taliban insurgents who have held 21 Koreans cap read more »
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Direct talks between Taliban representatives and Seoul officials managed to provide a partial solution to the hostage crisis, the militants agreeing read more »
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THE Taliban today freed two women among 21 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan as a "gesture of goodwill", a spokesman for the militia said. read more »
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KABUL _ Taliban militants Sunday decided to release two sick Korean female hostages but last-minute hitches delayed the freedom of the captives until read more »