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Captive Pleads for Rescue From Taliban

Woman says she and 21 other South Korean hostages are ill

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 27, 2007 6:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – A South Korean woman pleaded to be rescued with her fellow hostages yesterday, saying all of church volunteers being held captive by the Taliban are sick and the situation is growing worse. Her captors listened to her conversation with an Afghan reporter, the BBC reports; the 32-year-old nurse wept as she spoke in Korean and Farsi, according to the Independent.

"Tell them to do something to get us released," the captive said. "We're all sick and we have a lot of problems." The group of 23 aid workers was kidnapped outside Kabul last week, and a pastor was shot dead earlier this week. The Taliban is threatening to kill more of the hostages, who are mostly women.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Afghan police officers search passengers and check vehicles which come from Ghazni province after the killing of one Korean hostage, in southern Afghanistan... (Associated Press)

Bae Ho-jung, a father of South Korean victim Bae Hyung-kue, one of South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan, reacts after he watched TV news reports about his son in Jeju, south of Seoul, Wednesday, July... (Associated Press)

A relative of South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan reacts as they watching TV news reports on negotiations in Seoul, Wednesday, July 25, 2007. Taliban militants claimed they shot and killed one Korean... (Associated Press)

Bae Ho-jung, a father of Bae Hyung-kue who is one of South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan, reacts after he watched TV news reports about his son in Jeju, south of Seoul, Wednesday, July 25, 2007. Authorities... (Associated Press)

In this photo released from Sammul Church via Yonhap, Bae Hyung-kyu, one of 23 South Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban last week, poses for a memorial photo before leaving for Afghanistan July 13, 2007... (Associated Press)

Relatives of South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan react after they watch TV news reports on negotiation in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 26, 2007. Afghan police discovered the bullet-riddled body... (Associated Press)

An unidentified relative of South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan cries as they listens to TV news reports in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 26, 2007. Afghan police found the bullet-riddled body... (Associated Press)

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