Posted on 29/08/07
Hostage deal fuels Taliban legitimacy
ISLAMABAD -- Scenes of joy from South Korea filled television screens yesterday as the Taliban announced a deal to release 19 kidnapped church volunteers. Far away from the celebrations, however, observers worried that the end of the hostage crisis marks the beginning of a new stage in Afghanistan's insurgency.
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