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Source: Reuters

Taliban kills hostage over Dadullah body-spokesman
05 Jun 2007 10:22:27 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Recasts with killing, details)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 5 (Reuters) - The Taliban
beheaded a hostage on Tuesday after the government failed
to hand over the body of a slain commander for the militant
group, a purported spokesman said.

The Afghan government had agreed to hand over the body
of Mullah Dadullah, who was killed by U.S.-led forces last
month, in return for the release of five local health workers
captured by the Islamist insurgents, an official said
earlier.

But Shahabuddin Attal, who introduces himself as a Taliban
spokesman, said a Dadullah family member had gone to
retrieve the body but it was not handed over.

He warned that the guerrillas would chop off the heads of the
other hostages should the government again fail to hand over
Dadullah's body.

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