DW-WORLD: Training of Libyans Tied to German Hostage Release, Report Says Police training conducted by German experts in Libya was a repayment for Tripoli's help in securing the release of German hostages in the Philippines, according to a German newspaper report.
(06.04.2008) DW-WORLD: Authorities Continue Search for German Hostage in Afghanistan German and Afghan authorities are searching for leads two days after Taleban accuse Sarkozy of U-turn ...
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NATO Requests German Troops for Combat Role in Afghanistan ... a German living in Afghanistan was kidnapped by armed gunmen. Police doubt he was taken hostage for political reasons. (18.12.2007) DW-WORLD: Kidnappers Were Hardcore Taliban Says Freed German Hostage Rudolf Blechschmidt, the former German hostage held in Afghanistan for three months until his release on Oct. 10, has contradicted reports from his government that he had been kidnapped by a criminal gang. (30.10.2007) DW-WORLD: Kidnappers of German Hostage in Iraq Set New Deadline The captors of a German man kidnapped in Iraq seven months ago have issued a new ultimatum to the German government: They will kill the hostage unless Berlin withdraws its troops from Afghanistan. (11.09.2007)
(Deutsche Welle)
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