| A group threatening to kill three kidnapped foreigners working for the United Nations in Afghanistan unless the U.S. releases all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners has extended its deadline until Friday, the government said. "The first deadline they had set was for Wednesday and then they extended their deadline to Friday," Defence Ministry spokesman General Zahir Azimi told Reuters. "I get the impression that there is confusion among the kidnappers, which is why we can't take their deadline seriously." |