{"id":2993,"date":"2007-07-25T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/07\/the-taliban-killed-one-of-the.html"},"modified":"2007-07-25T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T21:12:00","slug":"the-taliban-killed-one-of-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/07\/the-taliban-killed-one-of-the.html","title":{"rendered":"The Taliban killed one of the South Korean hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20070725\/ts_nm\/afghan_hostages_dc\">The pastor was killed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Taliban insurgents shot dead a South Korean hostage in Afghanistan on Wednesday and threatened to kill 22 others, but a deadline passed without word from the kidnappers or the Afghan government.<br \/>\nA Taliban spokesman had said the government had been given until 2030 GMT to release rebels from prison or the remaining 22 Korean Christian volunteers would be killed.<br \/>\n&#8220;Yes, they have killed one of the hostages and efforts are under way to have the others released,&#8221; said the Qarabagh district chief in Ghazni province, Khowja Seddiqi.<br \/>\nThe body of the Korean was later found with bullet wounds.<br \/>\nThe Taliban accused the government and South Korean negotiators of failing to act in good faith after Kabul rejected a demand for eight named rebels to be freed from prison.<br \/>\n&#8220;Since Kabul&#8217;s administration did not listen to our demand and did not free our prisoners, the Taliban shot dead a male Korean hostage,&#8221; Qari Mohammad Yousuf told Reuters by telephone from an unknown location.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/South+Korean\" rel=\"tag\">South Korean<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Taliban\" rel=\"tag\">Taliban<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pastor was killed: Taliban insurgents shot dead a South Korean hostage in Afghanistan on Wednesday and threatened to kill 22 others, but a deadline passed without word from the kidnappers or the Afghan government. 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