Taliban kills second South Korean hostage: spokesman

By Xinhua

Kabul : The Taliban has killed one more South Korean hostage held in Afghanistan Monday night, a purported Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told Xinhua from an undisclosed place.


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Ahmadi said the male hostage named Song Kin-Shi was shot dead at around 8.30 p.m. (1600 GMT) as the Afghan government was not serious in the talks.

He said the body was dumped near the Ghazni-Kandahar highway.

Taliban has insisted on the exchange of their prisoners for the hostages.

A total of 23 South Koreans were kidnapped by Taliban militants on a road in the central Ghazni province on July 19. One male hostage was executed by Taliban on July 25.

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