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Seoul Seeks Direct Talks With Taliban

South Korean delegation heads to DC to seek help in hostage crisis

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 2, 2007 9:06 PM CDT

(Newser) – South Korean delegates arrived in Afghanistan today to press for an end to the 2-week hostage crisis that has left two dead, Reuters reports. Seoul has asked for direct talks with the Taliban, which continues to hold 21 church workers, most of them women. But... Read full story »

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