Afghan militants threaten to kill UN hostages

A militant group claiming responsibility for kidnapping three foreign UN workers said today it will execute them unless Britain withdraws its troops from Afghanistan and two other governments stop supporting US policy.

Afghan militants threaten to kill UN hostages

A militant group claiming responsibility for kidnapping three foreign UN workers said today it will execute them unless Britain withdraws its troops from Afghanistan and two other governments stop supporting US policy.

A spokesman for Jaish-al Muslimeen, a splinter group of the Taliban, told The Associated Press it had made a video of the three hostages – but provided no evidence that it was holding the trio.

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