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German FM confirms one of German hostages in Afghanistan dead (2) |
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10:19, July 22, 2007 |
The Taliban has demanded the departure of all German soldiers from Afghanistan and the release of captured Taliban militants.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed Friday that Germany will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
Germany now has about 3,000 soldiers stationed in Afghanistan under the command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), most of them in the relatively stable northern region.
The two German nationals and five of their Afghan colleagues, who are civil engineers working on a dam project in Afghanistan, were reportedly abducted Wednesday in Wardak province, about 100 kilometers southwest of Kabul.
Source: Xinhua
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