All South Korean aid organizations were ordered to pull out of
Afghanistan within one month, local media quoted a diplomatic envoy
as saying on Thursday.
South Korean Ambassador to Afghanistan Kang Sung-zu told some
Afghan tribal elders on Wednesday that his government would forbid
its citizens and aid organizations from traveling to Afghanistan,
and that all South Korean aid groups have to withdraw from
Afghanistan within one month, TOLO TV reported.
A total of 23 South Koreans were kidnapped by Taliban militants
in Ghazni province of central Afghanistan on July 19.
Two male hostages were killed by militants, and the Afghan
government refused to release Taliban prisoners in exchange for
hostages as the militants demanded, while the other hostages are
still being held by the Taliban.
(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2007)
