| [ anonymous ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): 아무개 (AU21) 날 짜 (Date): 2007년 10월 10일 수요일 오후 11시 25분 03초 제 목(Title): 아프간 문제 아프간 정부놈들, 탈레반 포로교환은 절대 안한다고 지랄하더니, 지네 국민 4명하고 독일놈 한명 구한다고 이번에 6명 탈레반 죄수를 풀어준다네. 우리 정부 협상팀이 못난건지, 아프간 정부놈들이 나쁜건지는 모르겠지만, 미국 눈치까지 살펴가며 돈퍼주기를 서슴치 않았던 한국의 경우와 정말 대비된다. ======================================================================= 6 Taliban exchanged for German captive By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago KABUL, Afghanistan - A German engineer and four Afghans taken hostage in July were freed Wednesday in exchange for six Taliban fighters, an Afghan official said. ADVERTISEMENT Rudolf Blechschmidt and the four Afghans were handed over by local elders to officials from Afghanistan's intelligence service in the Jaghato district of Wardak province, said the district chief, Mohammad Nahim. Six detained Taliban militants had been freed in the swap, he said. In Germany, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed that Blechschmidt had been freed, and the former captive told Spiegel magazine on his release that he was "doing well." "I'm just a little tired," he told the magazine in a short telephone interview posted on its Web site. Blechschmidt had also talked with the German ambassador by telephone and confirmed he was safely in the custody of Afghan security forces, Steinmeier said in a statement. "We are all pleased and relieved," Steinmeier said. The release comes just two days after Blechschmidt appeared on a new videotape, appealing to Afghan and German governments to make a deal with the militants for his release before winter. Blechschmidt said in the video that he was in poor health but that an Afghan doctor had helped him. Blechschmidt is one of two German engineers and five Afghans taken hostage on July 18 in Wardak province in central Afghanistan. The other German was found dead of gunshot wounds on July 21, while one of the Afghans apparently managed to escape. Four Red Cross employees were taken hostage by the Taliban on Sept. 27 while trying to win the German's release. The four were released in good health two days later. On the video, Blechschmidt said the German Embassy had refused to engage in talks for a time, but that negotiations had restarted recently and that "we hope we will become free." Kidnappings by Taliban militants and criminal gangs have risen in Afghanistan in recent months. A series of high-profile kidnappings have led to ransom payments and prisoner releases, apparently fueling the rise in the abductions. The governments of Italy and Afghanistan came under criticism earlier this year when five imprisoned militants were freed in exchange for a kidnapped Italian journalist. At the time, Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the exchange a one-time deal |