Taliban Set 0730 Monday As Last Hostage Deadline

Taliban leaders set 0730 GMT on Monday as the last deadline for the Korean hostages.

Taliban leaders set 0730 GMT on Monday as the last deadline for the Korean hostages, a rebel spokesman said on Sunday, and said the group will start killing the captives if Taliban prisoners were not freed by then.

"Since the talks between us, the Kabul administration and Korean government have reached deadlock and they are not honest ... so, we will start killing the hostages if they do not start releasing our prisoners by tomorrow at 12 o'clock," Qari Mohammad Yousuf said.