"Three Nato soldiers have been killed in new violence in Afghanistan, days after a deadly Taleban attack on French troops in the country. The soldiers died in Ghazni province, in the centre of Afghanistan. Polish news agency PAP said they were members of Warsaw's contingent...
"Taliban militants have kidnapped two officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Afghan province of Wardak.
A police spokesman said the two were taken hostage in the Salar district yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the ICRC said four staff - two...
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. airstrikes
targeting a meeting of Taliban leaders killed a high-ranking commander
involved in the kidnappings of 23 South Koreans two months ago, Afghan
officials said...
created by merrie | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 273 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
No big surpise there now is it? Especially when it is so much easier trying to "Nail Jello to a Tree" than trying to negotiate with the Taliban. The longer the hostages remain in Taliban hands, the longer...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 687 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Two female South Korean hostages were set free Monday by a group of Taliban militants who kidnapped them and 21 others more than three weeks ago in Afghanistan, an Afghan official told CNN.The governor of Ghazni province, Mirajudin Patan, said the two female hostages, who...
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One wonders the fate of the rest of the Hostages and whether Religious Groups from other countries should be allowed into war torn countries where Religious Groups are seen as trying to religiously convert the...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 419 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
As usual it has been reported that the Taliban are all talk and no action when it comes to negotiations. To date two Korean Women have not been released as previously reported. Time will tell if they are released...
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"Afghan army begins risky hostage rescue operation
Reuters
Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007
GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- A military operation to rescue the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan began on Wednesday, hours after a Taliban deadline...
"A MILITARY operation to rescue the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan has begun hours after a Taliban deadline expired, a provincial official said.
“The operation has started,” said Khowja Seddiqi, the district chief of Ghazni's...
"The bullet-riddled body of a South Korean hostage was found by police Wednesday in central Afghanistan after a purported Taliban spokesman said the militants had killed one of the captives.
The male victim had 10 bullet holes in his head, chest and stomach, and was...