| An Afghan Taliban spokesman said on Sunday that their leadership committee had decided they would kill “some” of their 22 South Korean hostages - kidnapped from a bus 10 days ago in Ghazni, south of Kabul - unless the government agreed to release militant prisoners by noon (0730 GMT) on Monday. The rebels also ruled out more talks with the Afghan government over the hostages and said the release of militant prisoners was the only way out of the crisis. An Afghan team that was supposed to have held more talks with the Taliban on Saturday could not reach the group because of security concerns in Ghazni province, provincial sources said. The team hoped to persuade the insurgents to free without condition the Christian volunteers. |