Home>News Center>World
         
 

Afghan militants to decide fate of UN hostages
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-11-18 01:37

A murky Taliban splinter group which has held three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan would be released.

Jaishul Muslimeen (Army of Muslims) militants, who claim to be holding the three and have threatened to kill them, said their tribal council would meet late Wednesday to decide on their fate, a spokesman for the group told the Afghan Islamic Press.

"It is possible to set a new deadline for three hostages and to hold negotiations again. To execute them. Set the trio free. Take decision to free someone among the three," Syed Mohammad Akbar told the private Pakistan-based news agency.

Jaishul Muslimeen, a shadowy breakaway faction of the Taliban rulers who were ousted by a US-led military campaign in 2001, has set and broken a series of deadlines for the government to agree to their demands which include the release of 26 Taliban prisoners.

There was no word on the hostages fate at 9:00pm (0430 GMT) or further statements by the militant group.

There are doubts over whether Jaishul Muslimeen militants are holding the group or whether the hostages have been captured by a criminal gang seeking ransom money, an Afghan government official said on condition of anonymity.

Akbar denied reports that the UN hostages were not being held by Jaish militants.

"These people are still with Jaish," he told AIP.

Annetta Flanigan, Shqipe Hebibi and Angelito Nayan were snatched from busy lunchtime traffic in downtown Kabul on October 28 and had been in Afghanistan working on the country's first presidential election won by President Hamid Karzai.

After their families issued an emotional plea for their release Tuesday, the US military and a spokesman for the NATO -led peacekeeping force here were upbeat on the prospects for the trio's release.

"We continue to remain hopeful that ... the three UN workers abducted in Kabul on the 28th will be released unharmed," US military spokesman Major Scott Nelson told a press briefing.

A spokesman for the NATO-led peacekeeping force here said that there had been success in negotiations between the hostage-takers and Afghan authorities.

"The fact that indicators suggest that these three individuals are still alive, I think is testament to the success that the government and the hostage negotiators have had over the last couple of weeks," Lieutenant Commander Ken MacKillop said.

Sources close the investigation told AFP Tuesday that talks with the hostage-takers were ongoing but that progress was slow.

There had been hopes that the three would be released over the weekend on the Eid-al-Fitr holiday which celebrates the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, but progress stalled.

Syed Khaled, another spokesman for the hostage takers told AFP earlier this week that comments by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage had disrupted talks.

Armitage said negotiating with hostage-takers would only encourage more kidnappings.

The kidnapping is the first of foreign UN or aid workers in Kabul since the Taliban regime collapsed three years ago.

It has raised concerns that Afghanistan could see a repeat of the frequent hostage-takings that have plagued Iraq, where more than 30 foreign hostages have been killed by their captors.

United Nations staff in Kabul are now under strict curfew and are travelling with armed escorts. Many aid agencies have curtailed unnecessary movement of their staff.



 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Seven simply not enough, 2006 World Cup bid ends

 

   
 

Beijing vows to crush independence attempt

 

   
 

Visit strengthens partnership with Argentina

 

   
 

Mystery disease in HK may be viral infection

 

   
 

Russia plans new-generation nuke weapons

 

   
 

Investment growth in high gear

 

   
  Suicide bomber, clashes in Iraq kill 27
   
  UN Council wants Sudan peace deal by year-end
   
  APEC ministers urge new effort on trade talks
   
  Iran may seek to mate missile, nuclear warhead - US
   
  Bombings at two Buenos Aires banks kill 1
   
  Russia plans new-generation nuke weapons
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Afghan UN kidnappers say government agrees deal
   
Fallujah 'hostage slaughterhouses' found
   
'Hostage slaughterhouses' found in Falluja
   
Afghans say to kill UN hostage if demands not met
   
France: Hostages still alive a few days ago
   
Official: Nepalese hostage in Iraq freed and safe
   
Al-Zarqawi says he beheaded Japan hostage
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 色婷五月综激情亚洲综合| yw193.c国产在线观看| 欧美伊人久久大香线蕉在观| 依依成人精品视频在线观看| 绿巨人app黄| 国产亚州精品女人久久久久久| 亚洲成a人v欧美综合天| 在我跨下的英语老师景老师 | 国产精品免费_区二区三区观看| avidolzhd| 女老丝袜脚摩擦阳茎视频| 中文国产成人精品久久水| 日日噜噜夜夜爽爽| 久久久影院亚洲精品| 日韩爱爱小视频| 五十路六十路绝顶交尾| 欧美在线中文字幕| 亚洲成人免费网站| 欧美综合区自拍亚洲综合图区| 人人爽人人爽人人片a免费| 精品72久久久久久久中文字幕| 啪啪调教所29下拉式免费阅读| 被两个同桌绑起来玩乳动态gif| 国产女主播喷水视频在线观看| 免费福利视频导航| 国产激情在线观看| 五月婷婷色综合| 国产精品一区二区久久乐下载| 18禁男女爽爽爽午夜网站免费| 国产自国产自愉自愉免费24区| 91在线播放国产| 国产精品美女在线观看| 2021午夜国产精品福利| 国产精品永久在线观看| 2020因为爱你带字幕免费观看全集| 国产精品青草久久久久福利99 | 美女的尿口免费看软件| 四虎www成人影院| 精品熟女少妇av免费久久| 午夜影视免费完整高清在线观看网站| 美女一级免费毛片|