A Taleban spokesman says a South Korean from a group of 22 held hostage by the Taleban in southern Afghanistan has been killed.
The office of the governor of Ghazni province and local police also told the BBC the killing had taken place, but neither had seen the victim's body.
The Korean Christian aid workers were kidnapped 10 days ago.
The leader of the group was shot by the Taleban on Wednesday. The militants want government prisoners released.
TV footage
"We set several deadlines and the Afghan government did not pay attention to our deadlines," said Taleban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi.
The al-Jazeera Arabic TV station showed footage of several of the hostages held by the Taleban.
Several women were seen in the footage with headscarves and Taleban militants in the background.
According to reports, no new deadline for the government to release its prisoners has been set by the Taleban.
The Afghan government is doing all it can to secure the release of the South Koreans, President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday.
He assured a South Korean envoy everything possible was being done to free the hostages - mainly women.
Mr Karzai said kidnapping foreign guests was "shameful", un-Islamic and against Afghan culture.
I can only join these statements. What those Taliban do is coward acts and very shameful. I cannot understand, that some of this Board support People like that !
Im Always Right,Its Like,When Im Right,Im Right,And When Im Wrong,I Could've Been Right,So Im Still Right,'Cause I Could've Been Wrong!
Taliban offer female hostage swap
The Taliban have said it is prepared to swap women hostages among 21 South Koreans being held in Afghanistan for female prisoners linked to the group.
Korean officials meet Taliban
South Korean negotiators have been meeting Taliban officials in an attempt to secure the release of 21 hostages held in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said.
The talks between two senior Taliban leaders and four negotiators in Ghazni on Friday was the first face-to-face meeting since the Koreans were kidnapped three weeks ago.
A Taliban spokesman told Al Jazeera that its officials had received a written guarantee from the Afghan government that they would not be arrested at the meeting.
The movement also said it will not kill any more of the hostages before the talks.
"Until we sit for face-to-face negotiations with the Koreans, we have no plans to kill any Korean hostages," Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, said earlier on Friday.
(More) http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...4017E0723B.htm
What a sweet bunch. Not planning any more murders.
Where are all the Teleban fans who cheer for these god loving thugs.
Korean officials meet Taliban
South Korean negotiators have been meeting Taliban officials in an attempt to secure the release of 21 hostages held in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said.
The talks between two senior Taliban leaders and four negotiators in Ghazni on Friday was the first face-to-face meeting since the Koreans were kidnapped three weeks ago.
A Taliban spokesman told Al Jazeera that its officials had received a written guarantee from the Afghan government that they would not be arrested at the meeting.
The movement also said it will not kill any more of the hostages before the talks.
"Until we sit for face-to-face negotiations with the Koreans, we have no plans to kill any Korean hostages," Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, said earlier on Friday.
(More) http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...4017E0723B.htm
What a sweet bunch. Not planning any more murders.
Where are all the Teleban fans who cheer for these god loving thugs.
Hahahaha, since when are Taliban into Charity? Or did they read a book about Amnesty International, or they just want to be again in the headlines?
Oh, btw...good for the hostages !
Im Always Right,Its Like,When Im Right,Im Right,And When Im Wrong,I Could've Been Right,So Im Still Right,'Cause I Could've Been Wrong!
The Taliban are not helping themselves by doing this before they kidnapped these South Koreans South Korea didnt like or didnt hate the Taliban but i think they will hate the Taliban now though so the Taliban now have another enemy they dont need.
The Taliban are not helping themselves by doing this before they kidnapped these South Koreans South Korea didnt like or didnt hate the Taliban but i think they will hate the Taliban now though so the Taliban now have another enemy they dont need.
Many of Korea's Christians are passionate evangelists, exhibiting the zeal of the newly converted. Evangelical Protestantism is a relatively recent arrival on the peninsula, having taken hold only after the Korean War. Now, fully one-third of the 45 million people in this traditionally Confucian society follow the practices of Jesus (about 10% are Roman Catholic). An estimated 16,000 Korean Christians were working around the world as missionaries in more than 150 countries last year. Most Korean missionaries work in China, and go there under the guise of being researchers, or businessmen, so they won't be imprisoned for proselytizing. Russia is apparently the next most popular destination for Korean missionaries, followed by Europe and South East Asia.
An unfortunate side to the evangelical movement in Korea is increased competition. Churches number in the tens of thousands here, and are competing so intensely for members that pastors feel pressured to engage in a kind of one-upmanship: sending congregants on as many overseas missions as possible. New markets and riskier missions tend to garner more publicity, which until now has translated into more kudos and ultimately more money for the pastor and the church.
As long as they worn't killing people, they should have never been bathered.
If you think saying "I'm better than you" justifies murder then many Muslims need to be killed.
The Taliban are not helping themselves by doing this before they kidnapped these South Koreans South Korea didnt like or didnt hate the Taliban but i think they will hate the Taliban now though so the Taliban now have another enemy they dont need.
i agree.
the missionaries were violating the laws of afghanistan and should have been deported.
afghanistan, though an islamic republic, does not have shariah, so i think it isn't even correct islamically to kill them.
each man thinks of his own fleas as gazelles
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The South koreans came to afghanistan to do christian missionary work, i mean how stupid can they be? They have no respect for our religion and our shariat, why should we respect their lives? If the Taliban free these hostages it is pure good will on their side, because they don't deserve to live.
Afghanistan is in a state of war between Islamic forces (The Taliban) and the pro-America forces and puppet government of Hamid Karzai, which relies on foreign troops from Western countries. The government of Hamid Karzai is illegitimate in the Islamic perspective. Whether to kill the prisoners or not is a tricky issue, on one hand they propogate their false gods and false religion, and apostasy is punishable by death in Islam. On the other hand it is not clear whether they now regret their mistake and therefore deserve forgiveness.
yes i realize karzai's gov't is considered illegitimate.
but i thought these punishments were only permissable under shariah. maybe the taliban consider themselves a state within a state? i don't think it's correct though, because it is not officially an islamic state under shariah.
still, i think it would be better if they would just plain throw them out. abducting them and throwing them out should be enough warning to future missionaries to respect the laws of the land they are in.
each man thinks of his own fleas as gazelles
question authority
The South koreans came to afghanistan to do christian missionary work, i mean how stupid can they be? They have no respect for our religion and our shariat, why should we respect their lives? If the Taliban free these hostages it is pure good will on their side, because they don't deserve to live.
Why should they respect "Your Religion",
"Your Religion" advocates gang murder.
Not Islam, "Your Religion" which is nothing but hate and intolerance.
Wilberhum I advise you to voluntarily remove your last post, I have already reported to the moderators, you may still have a chance to avoid any kind of disciplinary action they mete out towards you if you act quickly.
The South koreans came to afghanistan to do christian missionary work, i mean how stupid can they be? They have no respect for our religion and our shariat, why should we respect their lives? If the Taliban free these hostages it is pure good will on their side, because they don't deserve to live.
How would it be if I killed you if you defied convention and faced backwards on an elevator or ran clockwise around a track?
Is naivete a reason to take someone's life? You are a certifiable nutcase. 10:1 your post will be in the vapor with an overt call for violence. Of course, my post will be gone too...because I responded to you.
The South koreans came to afghanistan to do christian missionary work, i mean how stupid can they be? They have no respect for our religion and our shariat, why should we respect their lives? If the Taliban free these hostages it is pure good will on their side, because they don't deserve to live.
So not respecting something is enough to kill people? Wow.
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