New deadline for UN hostages in Afghanistan

An Afghan militant group has repeated a threat to kill three foreign UN workers as they extended a deadline to tomorrow evening.

An Afghan militant group has repeated a threat to kill three foreign UN workers unless Taliban prisoners are freed.

A representative of the group said the fate of the hostages would be decided tomorrow.

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