Police Find Body of 2nd Slain SKorean
According to AsiaOne News:
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) — Police at daybreak Tuesday discovered the body of a second South Korean hostage slain by the Taliban, officials said. A purported Taliban spokesman had said the hostage was killed because the Afghan government failed to release imprisoned insurgents.
The Al-Jazeera television network, meanwhile, showed footage that it said was seven female hostages in Afghanistan.
The victim’s body was found on the side of the road in the village of Arizo Kalley in Andar District, some 6 miles west of Ghazni city, said Abdul Rahim Deciwal, the chief administrator in the area.
The victim, who appeared to be in his late 20s or early 30s, was wearing white trousers and flip-flops, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. Police lifted his body from the side of the road, put him on a blanket and into the back of a waiting police truck. His face was covered in blood, as was the ground where he lay.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said senior Taliban leaders decided to kill the male captive Monday evening because the government had not met Taliban demands to trade prisoners for the Christian volunteers, who were in their 12th day of captivity Monday.
“The Kabul and Korean governments are lying and cheating. They did not meet their promise of releasing Taliban prisoners,” Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the Taliban, said by phone from an undisclosed location. “The Taliban warns the government if the Afghan government won’t release Taliban prisoners then at any time the Taliban could kill another Korean hostage.”
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- It’s disturbing to find more slain hostage…I guess it’s going to be a international issue…haiz
