According to AsiaOne News: I HAVE never really felt the nearness of senseless danger, until now. When my mum told me that the Singaporean hostage caught in the Mumbai terrorist attacks had been killed, I was stunned. No Singaporean had ever been killed in an overseas terrorist attack before. I realised the next day that [...]
According to AsiaOne News: GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) — South Korean and Afghan officials searched for a meeting place Thursday after agreeing to hold face-to-face talks with the Taliban to seek the release of the remaining 21 South Korean captives, a chief negotiator said. A delegation of eight South Korean lawmakers, meanwhile, departed for Washington on [...]
According to AsiaOne News: GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) — Police discovered the body of a second South Korean hostage in central Afghanistan, and the Taliban threatened Tuesday to kill more captives if their demands were not met by a new deadline. South Korea pleaded with the international community to set aside the normal practice of refusing [...]
