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Taleban 'kill' S Korean hostage | |
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The Taleban in Afghanistan say they have killed one of the 23 South Korean hostages they are holding. | |
A spokesman for the radical group said this was a response to the refusal of the Afghan authorities to release imprisoned Taleban fighters. | |
The 23 Koreans were abducted in Ghazni, south-west of Kabul, on Thursday. | |
Meanwhile a German journalist and his Afghan translator have been released a day after their capture in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. | |
Taleban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told Reuters news agency on Wednesday: "Since Kabul's administration did not listen to our demand and did not free our prisoners, the Taliban shot dead a male Korean hostage." | |
There was no independent confirmation of the claim. The South Korean hostages - most of who are women - are members of a Christian aid group. | |
The release of the German journalist and his translator was secured through talks with tribal elders. | |
No ransom had been paid, the Kunar province governor said. | |
The men were said to be looking for a village where civilians had been killed in a Nato air strike. | The men were said to be looking for a village where civilians had been killed in a Nato air strike. |