Seoul Pleads for Taliban Talks

Delegation arrives in Afghanistan while Afghans, Taliban search for venue
By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 4, 2007 3:55 PM CDT
Seoul Pleads for Taliban Talks
South Korean protesters hold pictures of the remaining 21 kidnapped South Koreans in Afghanistan at a candlelight rally demanding the United States to engage in negotiations for the safe return of the hostages, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. South Korea expressed...   (Associated Press)

South Korean officials are in Afghanistan seeking direct talks with the Taliban, Reuters reports, as the terrorist group and the Afghan government bicker over a venue for their own negotiations to free the  21 remaining Korean hostages. Two male members of the church group have been killed by the kidnappers.

 Afghans forces have clustered in Ghazi, where the hostages were kidnapped and are now being held in groups. The province’s governor accused Pakistani intelligence of cooperating with the Taliban. Meanwhile, Afghan authorities have been able to send medicines to the hostages after the Taliban reported two of the women are seriously ill. (More Taliban stories.)

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