Taliban still holds S Korean hostages, demands prisoners swap

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Source: CCTV.com | 07-25-2007 12:41

Relatives of the 23 South Korean hostages held by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan waited for news on Tuesday night as a deadline set by their captors expired. A Taliban spokesman says no new deadline has been set.

The Taliban rebels have demanded eight Taliban prisoners be released in exchange for eight South Korean hostages.

In South Korea, relatives of the hostages gathered in the capital of Seoul to offer support and wait for news from Afghanistan.

Relatives of the hostages say they believe their government will do everything possible to solve the crisis.

Relative of hostage, said, "We have not heard anything from the foreign ministry, so we will wait for the government's official announcement. We believe our government will do a good job."

The hostages were seized from a bus in Ghazni Province on a highway south of the capital, Kabul, on Thursday.

Editor:Du Xiaodan