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Afghanistan |
Taleban deadline for French hostage due to expire |
2007-05-05 |
KABUL - A Taleban deadline for demands to be met to secure the release of a French aid worker and three locals kidnapped by the extremist group in Afghanistan is due to expire Saturday. ‘The deadline is drawing closer every moment,’ Taleban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told AFP Friday. ‘The French government and the Afghan government not only have not accepted our demands, but they even have not tried to contact us.’ The extremist group is demanding the withdrawal of French troops or the release of Taleban prisoners in exchange for Terre d’Enfance (A World For Our Children) volunteer Eric Damfreville, and three Afghans working with him. A council of elders would decide on the fate of the four kidnapped colleagues, who were captured a month ago, if the demands were not met, Ahmadi said. Asked if the abductees could be killed, Ahmadi said the group’s policy was ‘clear.’ ‘The policy of the Taleban movement regarding the foreign hostages is clear: if our demands are not met, we will act based on our policy that we have implemented with foreigners so far.’ |
Posted by:Steve White |
#2 Gleretle the Wide7398 My cookies burned! |
Posted by: Swiss Tex 2007-05-05 08:55 |
#1 Update: KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban extended its deadline for a deal for the release of a French hostage until after Sunday's French presidential election, as three suicide bombers attacked U.S. and Afghan forces in the south. The Taliban leadership council had put off Saturday's deadline as a sign of mercy, Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said by phone from an undisclosed location. "We have extended it (the ultimatum) until the elections are over," Yousuf said. |
Posted by: Gleretle the Wide7398 2007-05-05 08:50 |