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Anti-war protesters hold pictures of South Koreans killed overseas during a candle-light vigil demanding negotiations between the US government and the Taliban for the safe return of South Korean hostages in Afghanistan, near the US embassy in Seoul
04 Aug 2007
Source: Reuters
 
Anti-war protesters hold pictures of South Koreans killed overseas during a candle-light vigil demanding negotiations between the U.S. government and the Taliban for the safe return of South Korean hostages in Afghanistan, near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, August 4, 2007. The Afghan government and Taliban kidnappers on Saturday sought a venue for negotiations to try to free 21 South Korean Christian hostages held for more than two weeks, the provincial police chief said. The slain Koreans (from L-R) are Kim Sun-il, killed by Iraqi militants in Iraq on June 22, 2004, Yoon Jang-ho, killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan on February 27, 2007, Bae Hyung-kyu and Shim Sung-min, kidnapped and killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan on July 25, 2007 and on July 31, 2007 respectively. The banner reads: "How many more will be victimized? Stop the war and dispatch of troops which is causing the deaths!"
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A protester participates in a candlelight vigil near the U.S. embassy in Seoul August 10, 2007, to demand the United States negotiate with Taliban insurgents for the safe return of the 21 Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan. The Taliban were set on Friday to hold their first face-to-face talks with a South Korean team over the 21 hostages the group is holding, a Taliban spokesman said.



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