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The Taleban in Afghanistan say they have killed one of the 23 South Korean hostages they are holding. A Taleban spokesman in Afghanistan says the group has killed one of 23 South Korean hostages it is 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 spokesman said the male captive was shot dead because the Afghan authorities had refused to release imprisoned Taleban fighters.
A BBC correspondent in Kabul says there has been no confirmation of the claim.
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 Taleban shot dead a male Korean hostage."
The 23 Koreans were abducted in Ghazni, south-west of Kabul, on Thursday.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. The hostages - most of them women - are members of a Christian aid group.
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." In a separate development, the release of a German journalist and his Afghan translator and driver was secured through talks with tribal elders.
There was no independent confirmation of the claim. The South Korean hostages - most of who are women - are members of a Christian aid group. No ransom was paid, said the governor of Kunar province, Shalizai Didar.
The release of the German journalist and his translator was secured through talks with tribal elders. The governor said he had spoken to the freed men by phone and that they were in good health.
No ransom had been paid, the Kunar province governor said. A senior security official in Kunar told the BBC that the German journalist had disappeared when visiting the village of Sangar in Wattapour district.
The men were said to be looking for a village where civilians had been killed in a Nato air strike. Two other Germans were kidnapped in central Afghanistan last week. The body of one was later found by a road.