Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said earlier militants would start killing the Korean Christian volunteers unless the Afghan government freed a similar number of Taliban prisoners by 0930 GMT (Reuters news agency).

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan police discovered the bullet-riddled body of a South Korean hostage Wednesday as the Taliban reportedly released eight other abductees who were taken to a U.S. military base, officials said.

Earlier, Aari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the militants, said the Afghan government hadn't responded to any of its demands and that the militants would kill "a few" of the hostages. The South Korean hostages, including 18 women, were kidnapped last Thursday while riding a bus through Ghazni province on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, Afghanistan's main thoroughfare. South Korean negotiators have traveled to Ghazni province to take part in the negotiations. Three previous deadlines for the hostages' lives have passed with no consequences. (Foxnews)

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban rebels were running out of patience with talks over 23 kidnapped South Koreans, a spokesman said on Wednesday, but there was no word on the fate of the hostages after a rebel deadline passed.

Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said earlier militants would start killing the Korean Christian volunteers unless the Afghan government freed a similar number of Taliban prisoners by 0930 GMT (5 a.m. EDT) on Wednesday.(YahooNews)

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