18 South Koreans Abducted in Afghanistan
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Korean Muslims Plead for Safe Return of Hostages;
The Korea Muslim Federation on Monday pleaded for the immediate release of 23 Korean citizens abducted in Afghanistan. The group made the call in a press conference at the Seoul Central Masjid in Hannam-dong, Seoul.
The 18 women and five men “are doctors and nurses who went to Afghanistan to provide medical services for humanitarian purposes,” the federation said. "On behalf of the 140,000 Muslims in Korea, we earnestly appeal to our Muslim brothers in Afghanistan to help the Korean people be freed safe and return to their beloved families." They added the safe return of the hostages “will play a great role in promoting mutual understanding between Islam and Korea and expand Islamic missionary work in Korea."...........
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Korean Muslims Plead for Safe Return of Hostages;
The Korea Muslim Federation on Monday pleaded for the immediate release of 23 Korean citizens abducted in Afghanistan. The group made the call in a press conference at the Seoul Central Masjid in Hannam-dong, Seoul.
The 18 women and five men “are doctors and nurses who went to Afghanistan to provide medical services for humanitarian purposes,” the federation said. "On behalf of the 140,000 Muslims in Korea, we earnestly appeal to our Muslim brothers in Afghanistan to help the Korean people be freed safe and return to their beloved families." They added the safe return of the hostages “will play a great role in promoting mutual understanding between Islam and Korea and expand Islamic missionary work in Korea."...........
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200707/200707240013.html
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Afghan authorities have recovered the bullet-riddled body of one of 23 South Korean hostages captured last week by the Taliban.
Meanwhile, some of the captives have been freed and taken to a U.S. military base, two western officials told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
The male victim was discovered in Ghazni province in central Afghanistan, police officer Abdul Rahman told AP. The body had 10 bullet holes located in the head, chest and stomach.
Qari Mohammad Yousuf, who claims to speak for the Taliban, confirmed earlier Wednesday that one of the hostages had been executed.
"Since Kabul's administration did not listen to our demand and did not free our prisoners, the Taliban shot dead a male Korean hostage," he told Reuters.
Yousuf said insurgents would kill more if their demands were not met.
"If the administration of Kabul is not ready to release our hostages, then by 1:00 am (4:30 p.m. ET) the rest of the hostages will be killed," he said. "That time is the last deadline."
AP is reporting that the dead hostage was killed because he was sick and couldn't walk.
Before the first death Tuesday, Yousuf warned that if the Afghan government failed to meet the demands of the captors "a few" of the hostages would be killed between 11:30 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) and 2 p.m. (5:30 a.m. ET).
He did not comment on the release of any of the hostages.
The aid workers, including 18 women, were kidnapped Thursday in Ghazni district while riding on a bus from Kabul to Kandahar on Afghanistan's major highway.
Three previous deadlines for the hostages' lives had passed without consequence.
The militants were originally demanding the release of 23 Taliban prisoners.
An Afghan lawmaker said the militants had upped their demands Monday, insisting all insurgent prisoners in Ghazni province be released in exchange for the Koreans. Yousuf, however, denied the allegation.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai in March authorized the release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a kidnapped Italian journalist, but he called the trade a one-time deal.
The move was criticized by the United States and European nations who felt the trade would encourage more kidnappings.
South Korea has about 200 soldiers serving with the 8,000-strong U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, largely working on humanitarian projects. They are scheduled to leave Afghanistan at the end of this year.
With files from The Associated Press
Afghan authorities have recovered the bullet-riddled body of one of 23 South Korean hostages captured last week by the Taliban.
Meanwhile, some of the captives have been freed and taken to a U.S. military base, two western officials told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
The male victim was discovered in Ghazni province in central Afghanistan, police officer Abdul Rahman told AP. The body had 10 bullet holes located in the head, chest and stomach.
Qari Mohammad Yousuf, who claims to speak for the Taliban, confirmed earlier Wednesday that one of the hostages had been executed.
"Since Kabul's administration did not listen to our demand and did not free our prisoners, the Taliban shot dead a male Korean hostage," he told Reuters.
Yousuf said insurgents would kill more if their demands were not met.
"If the administration of Kabul is not ready to release our hostages, then by 1:00 am (4:30 p.m. ET) the rest of the hostages will be killed," he said. "That time is the last deadline."
AP is reporting that the dead hostage was killed because he was sick and couldn't walk.
Before the first death Tuesday, Yousuf warned that if the Afghan government failed to meet the demands of the captors "a few" of the hostages would be killed between 11:30 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) and 2 p.m. (5:30 a.m. ET).
He did not comment on the release of any of the hostages.
The aid workers, including 18 women, were kidnapped Thursday in Ghazni district while riding on a bus from Kabul to Kandahar on Afghanistan's major highway.
Three previous deadlines for the hostages' lives had passed without consequence.
The militants were originally demanding the release of 23 Taliban prisoners.
An Afghan lawmaker said the militants had upped their demands Monday, insisting all insurgent prisoners in Ghazni province be released in exchange for the Koreans. Yousuf, however, denied the allegation.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai in March authorized the release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a kidnapped Italian journalist, but he called the trade a one-time deal.
The move was criticized by the United States and European nations who felt the trade would encourage more kidnappings.
South Korea has about 200 soldiers serving with the 8,000-strong U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, largely working on humanitarian projects. They are scheduled to leave Afghanistan at the end of this year.
With files from The Associated Press
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Qari Mohammad Yousuf, who claims to speak for the Taliban
A claim that should get you shot and then there would be no more people claiming to do anything for the Taliban.
A claim that should get you shot and then there would be no more people claiming to do anything for the Taliban.
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chanman said:
In there eyes, God is there security. God is there defense.
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Yes it would. You make a good point.
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These folks are doctors and nurses hoping to do good for human kind no matter what religion the people who need their services are. The tone of this thread is that these are fundamentalists shoving religion down peoples throats. Let's have a little compassion for people whose faith convictions have made them determined to help others in the world rather than apathetically turn to another channel on the old boob tube. they were working at a civilian hospital or clinic and lending their medical expertise to help people...the Taliban don't like that...especially seeing as how they were helping women and children. I agree that the hospital needs more security....perhaps they should look at that before more medical and helping professions venture out there. This shows the enemy in his true light as a coward who terrorizes the weak and the unarmed.....the sooner we rid the countryside of this pestilence the better.
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Interesting how one of the hostage is dead, and he happens to be a pastor and I'm guessing he's the leader of the group.
Well, however manner he died, the rest of the hostages are now without leadership (if the dead hostage is the leader of the group) and more frightened out of their wits without their pastor to guide them.
Well, however manner he died, the rest of the hostages are now without leadership (if the dead hostage is the leader of the group) and more frightened out of their wits without their pastor to guide them.
Police Search for Netizens Irritating Taliban
Thursday July 26, 2007 (1717 PST)
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KABUL: Police began a search for Internet users for the posting of malicious comments and pictures feared to irritate Taliban militants and hinder the safe return of 23 kidnapped Korean citizens in Afghanistan.
They are considering taking legal action on the netizens, such as defamation charges.
The police also asked operators of Korean and foreign Web sites to remove writing or video content that would irritate the kidnappers.
Those writings hurt the captives' families, instigate anti-Christianity sentiment on the Web, and even support the kidnappers.
Some people have claimed on foreign Web sites that the abducted Koreans' activity in the strict Islamic country was not volunteer work but missionary work. Seoul officials advised netizens against making an issue of religion because the issue would worsen the situation.
An Internet user captured a picture from one of the abductees' personal Cyworld blog. In the photo, the kidnapped prayed in a Christian manner when she visited an Islamic Holy Land in Afghanistan in 2005.
The picture and her comments about her visit have been spreading on the Internet after being translated into English. Some other Internet users created video clips using the photo, added their own English comments that could anger Muslims, and posted them on the worldwide video site YouTube.
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Thursday July 26, 2007 (1717 PST)
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KABUL: Police began a search for Internet users for the posting of malicious comments and pictures feared to irritate Taliban militants and hinder the safe return of 23 kidnapped Korean citizens in Afghanistan.
They are considering taking legal action on the netizens, such as defamation charges.
The police also asked operators of Korean and foreign Web sites to remove writing or video content that would irritate the kidnappers.
Those writings hurt the captives' families, instigate anti-Christianity sentiment on the Web, and even support the kidnappers.
Some people have claimed on foreign Web sites that the abducted Koreans' activity in the strict Islamic country was not volunteer work but missionary work. Seoul officials advised netizens against making an issue of religion because the issue would worsen the situation.
An Internet user captured a picture from one of the abductees' personal Cyworld blog. In the photo, the kidnapped prayed in a Christian manner when she visited an Islamic Holy Land in Afghanistan in 2005.
The picture and her comments about her visit have been spreading on the Internet after being translated into English. Some other Internet users created video clips using the photo, added their own English comments that could anger Muslims, and posted them on the worldwide video site YouTube.
More on link
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