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Taliban will free S.Korean hostages -Taliban emissary
28 Aug 2007 14:22:56 GMT
Source: Reuters
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have agreed to free 19 South Korean hostages they have been holding for nearly six weeks, a Taliban negotiator said on Tuesday.

South Korean negotiators had agreed to a set of Taliban demands as part of a deal for the release of the hostages, said the Taliban representative, Qari Mohammad Bashir.

But the Taliban demands did not include their main previous condition -- the release of a group of militants held prisoner by the Afghan government.


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