German hostage sick and forgotten, say Taliban
Afp, Kandahar
An ailing German engineer held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nearly two weeks is "not doing very well" and there are no talks under way for his release, the Islamic militia said yesterday. The engineer was kidnapped on July 18 with a German colleague, who has since died, and five Afghans, one of whom managed to escape. Twenty-three South Koreans were captured the following day. The Taliban shot dead their leader last week, and negotiations have continued ever since for the release of the 22 remaining Koreans, all Christian aid workers. "The German hostage is not doing very well," Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location. "He is sick and forgotten and there are no negotiations ongoing about him at all."
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