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WORLD / Middle East
Afghan police kill 3 alleged Taliban kidnappers
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-16 14:50
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan police killed three Taliban commanders
allegedly involved in the abduction of 23 South Koreans two-months ago,
the Interior Ministry said.
South Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, attend a news
conference at the Sam Anyang Hospital in Anyang, southwest of Seoul,
September 12, 2007.? [Reuters]
The Interior Ministry said the police operation took place Friday in the
Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, where the insurgents seized the 23
South Koreans on July 19.
"The commanders who were killed during this operation were directly
involved in the kidnapping case of the Korean hostages," the ministry
said in a statement Saturday. It did not provide any further details or
the identities of the slain Taliban.
There have been several military operations in Ghazni since the release
of the last captives on August 30, possibly reflecting a desire by the
Afghan government to assert its authority over the rebellious region
following the abductions.
Another Taliban commander behind the kidnapping of the South Korean
church workers, Mullah Mateen, was killed in an operation early this
month.
Two of the Korean hostages were slain soon after the kidnapping. Two
women were released later during the Taliban's negotiations with South
Korea, and the remaining 19 were freed after Seoul repeated a
long-standing commitment to withdraw its 200 soldiers in Afghanistan by
year's end and prevent Christian missionaries from traveling to
Afghanistan.
More than 4,300 people, mostly militants, have died in insurgency-related
violence this year, according to an Associated Press tally of figures
from Western and Afghan officials.
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