Taliban claims to kill German hostage

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Taliban claims to kill German hostage

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer
5 minutes ago

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A purported Taliban spokesman said
the militant group shot and killed one of two German hostages on
Saturday and that the other German would be killed within hours
unless Germany announced its troops would leave Afghanistan.

Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the German was shot at 12:05 p.m. and
that the other would be killed at 1 p.m. without the announcement.
Ahmadi made no mention of at least 18 hostages from South Korea
also held by the hardline militia.

"The Germans haven't said they would pull out their troops from
Afghanistan, that's why the Taliban's high commanders decided to
kill the German," Ahmadi told The Associated Press by satellite
phone from an unknown location.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_on_re_as/afghan_kidnappings

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Source: Reuters

S.Korea urges release of hostages, Germans threatened
21 Jul 2007 07:30:59 GMT

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL, July 21 (Reuters) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on
Saturday called for the release of 23 countrymen held hostage by
Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, saying they were medical volunteers.

The call came as the Taliban threatened to kill two German hostages
seized this week if their demand to free all of the Islamic movement's
members in Afghan prisons was not met by an 0730 GMT deadline.

The Taliban is also seeking the withdrawal of all German troops from
Afghanistan, a demand rejected by German Chancellor Angela Merkel
in a newspaper interview on Saturday.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP27098.htm

[Eugene]

1. Taliban Claims to Kill 2 German Hostages

Source: Associated Press

Taliban Claims to Kill 2 German Hostages

Saturday July 21, 2007 10:31 AM

By NOOR KHAN

Associated Press Writer

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A purported Taliban spokesman
said the hardline militia on Saturday shot and killed two German
hostages because Germany's government didn't announce that its
troops would leave Afghanistan.

Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the Germans were shot to death. They had
been kidnapped on Thursday, along with five Afghan colleagues,
in the southern province of Wardak while working on a dam project.

“The German and Afghan governments didn't meet our conditions,
they didn't pull out their troops,” Ahmadi told The Associated
Press by telephone from an undisclosed location.

Ahmadi offered no proof for the claim of the killings; he said the
Taliban would give further information about the two bodies later.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6795617,00.html

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Original story: Taliban say kill 2nd German hostage in Afghanistan - Reuters (AlertNet)

[ohio2007]

2. And why were these Germans in Taliban Land in the 1st place ?

Thats right.
They were giving peace a chance

[Eugene]

3. The germans were working on a dam project.

Development is part of the mission to win Afghanistan too.

[ohio2007]

8. US donations and tax $ built that dam originally

after the Soviets left the country .
And now..... guess the hydroelectric project represents all that is decadent with the west and must be destroyed as a sign of their strength.

Seems two faced Taliban didn't mind that we built it for their citizens benefit in the first place.

[Eugene]

4. Taliban official can't speak for kidnappers -report

Source: Reuters

Taliban official can't speak for kidnappers -report
21 Jul 2007 12:13:13 GMT
Source: Reuters

BERLIN, July 21 (Reuters) - A Taliban spokesman quoted by
Western media as announcing the killing of two German hostages
in Afghanistan does not speak for the kidnappers, a German
newspaper reported on Saturday.

Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper quoted unnamed German
government sources as saying Qari Mohammad Yousuf, who
announced the killings, did not speak for the hostage takers.
German intelligence sources confirmed for Bild that the
spokesman had nothing to do with the kidnappers, it said.

"He may be someone trying to take advantage of the situation,"
Bild said in a preview of an article to appear on Sunday.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21433921.htm

[ohio2007]

9. Then why do they expect the German government to speak to the "alleged kidnappers" ?

snip
Germany has 3,150 soldiers in Afghanistan, mainly in the relatively peaceful north, with an emphasis on provincial reconstruction to revive education and commerce and dig wells.

The German Development Aid Ministry has an annual budget of 100 million euros (138 million dollars) for bilateral aid to Afghanistan, with about 20 million euros going direct to the Afghan government construction fund.

The United States, Japan, Britain and Germany are the main donors in the country.
snip


http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1332964.php/Berlin_claim_that_hostages_killed_unconfirmed__2nd_Lead_

WHy are the "alleged" kidnappers so afraid of children being educated ?

[Eugene]

5. Afghan Gov't Says 1 Hostage Still Alive

Source: Associated Press

Afghan Gov't Says 1 Hostage Still Alive

Saturday July 21, 2007 2:46 PM

By NOOR KHAN

Associated Press Writer

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry
said Saturday that one German hostage was still alive and a
second had died of a heart attack, despite a claim by a
purported Taliban spokesman that both had been fatally shot.

“The information that we and our security forces have is that
one of these two who were kidnapped died of a heart attack,”
said Foreign Ministry spokesman Sultan Ahmad Baheen. “The
second hostage is alive and we hope that he will be released
soon and we are trying our best to get him released.”

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6795892,00.html

[Eugene]

6. Taliban set deadline for Korean hostages-spokesman

Source: Reuters

Taliban set deadline for Korean hostages-spokesman
21 Jul 2007 14:46:05 GMT
Source: Reuters

KABUL, July 21 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban will start
killing 23 Korean Christian hostages if the group's demands are
not met by Sunday 14:30 GMT, a spokesman for the Taliban
said on Saturday.

Qari Mohammad Yousuf, who insisted the group had killed two
German hostages on Saturday, said the Taliban would start to
kill the Koreans if the Afghan government did not free Taliban
prisoners and if South Korea did not pull its forces out of the
country.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL150754.htm

[robcon]

7. The Taliban is a disgusting group of blackmailers.

n/t

[tabasco]

10. But...but....but ....Boosh said the the Taliban was destroyed!!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/06/20030619-2.html

[ohio2007]

11. President Discusses Tax Relief in Minnesota ????? your link is wrong

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/06/20030619-2.html

Musharrafs predecessor created the Taliban and supported them. Mushie nurtured the taliban....now the taliban buzzards come home to roost in the safe havens he granted them.
If enough Chinese get killed, China will come down on Musharraf. maybe even take away his nukes while they release the Mongol hordes in the Himalaya mountains of their own restless provinces in that border region.

[tabasco]

12. Maybe read the link next time.

"The Taliban is no more, and the people of Afghanistan are free, thanks to America and our friends and allies. (Applause.)"

FYI - the President often talks about different topics at a variety of fora.

[ohio2007]

13. cherry pick ?

just <snip> to the article excerpt.

FYI that is the preference of people that post here

[ohio2007]

14. Alleged Taliban threatens lives of more captives

The Taliban are going to give these Korean infidel devils a dose of justice they have comming to them


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19862713/

Raising those fists in a defiant "jihad for Jesus" salute......

lol
Just some Christian fundie lambs to the slaughter

nothing to see here

[Eugene]

15. Body of German Recovered in Afghanistan

Source: Associated Press

Body of German Recovered in Afghanistan

Sunday July 22, 2007 10:46 AM

By AMIR SHAH

Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan officials recovered the body
of a German aid worker kidnapped in southern Afghanistan earlier
this week, a provincial police chief said Sunday.

The body of the German was found in southern Wardak province,
where two Germans and five Afghan colleagues were kidnapped
on Wednesday, said provincial police chief Mohammad Hewas
Mazlum.

-snip-

Mazlum said he did not immediately know how the German whose
body was recovered was killed.

Meanwhile, a delegation of South Korean officials arrived in Kabul
on Sunday, only hours before an evening deadline set by Taliban
militants threatening to kill 23 Korean hostages.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6797159,00.html

[Eugene]

16. Germany says dead hostage has gunshot wounds

Source: Reuters

Germany says dead hostage has gunshot wounds
22 Jul 2007 19:21:17 GMT
Source: Reuters

BERLIN, July 22 (Reuters) - German authorities have seen
the body of a German hostage who died in captivity in
Afghanistan and his body has gunshot wounds, Germany's
Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

"The remains of the dead German are as of this evening in
Kabul," Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger said in
a statement. "After an initial visual examination by German
authorities, it was noticed that the body had gunshot
wounds."

He said it was unclear what was the exact cause of death
and added that Berlin wanted the remains returned to
Germany as soon as possible for a closer examination.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22700974.htm