AFGHANISTAN - Aug 28 - Taliban To Release S Korean Hostages.

From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: September 1, 2007 | Copyright information

The 19 remaining South Koreans being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan will be released over the coming days, following a deal between Seoul and the militants that paves the way for the end of the six-week-long crisis. The breakthrough comes after direct talks in which the Korean government agreed to withdraw 200 members of medical and engineering units helping rebuild Afghanistan by the end of the year and to stop all Korean missionaries from travelling to the Muslim country. "The Taliban agreed to free the 19 South Korean hostages on the condition that South Korea ...

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