Taliban say Korean hostage talks fail

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Taliban say Korean hostage talks fail
Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:55AM EDT

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL (Reuters) - Negotiations to secure the release
of 19 Korean church volunteers being held in Afghanistan
by the Taliban have failed and the insurgents' leadership
council are now considering their fate, a Taliban
spokesman said on Saturday.

"The talks ended without any result and have failed as our
main demand was not accepted," Qari Mohammad Yousuf
told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.

"I don't think (further) talks will yield anything. I am
awaiting for the decision (on the hostages fate) from the
leadership council," he said.

He said the talks between the Taliban and South Korean
officials broke down last Thursday, the day they were
reported to have started.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL7998620070818

[ohio2007]

1. So they are moving on to the German citizens

President Hamid Karzai -- who came under sharp criticism for
releasing Taliban prisoners in return for an Italian journalist
in March -- has ruled out any swap of prisoners, saying that such a step would just
encourage more kidnapping.

ya think ?