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Remaining Korean hostages alive: Afghan official

Other News Materials 1 August 2007 16:46 (UTC +04:00)

( Reuters ) - The remaining 21 Korean hostages are alive despite the passing of another Taliban deadline on Wednesday, an Afghan official said, adding the army had dropped leaflets warning it would launch an operation to rescue them.

"The hostages are alive," said Khowja Seddiqi, district chief of Qarabagh, in Ghazni province, where the 23 Christian volunteers were abducted nearly two weeks ago by the Taliban.

"The national army has dropped leaflets through helicopters telling people in several districts to evacuate their houses because it wants to launch an operation," he told Reuters.

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