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Body of German hostage found
22/07/2007 13:57 - (SA)
Kabul - The body of one of two Germans kidnapped in southern Afghanistan was found on Sunday, a provincial police chief said.
Police recovered the body of the man, who was abducted on Wednesday in the Jaghato district of southern Wardak province, provincial police chief Hewas Mohammad Muslim said.
"We have recovered the body of one German," he said, without specifying the cause of death. "That is all I know at this point."
Taliban militants had claimed to have shot dead both of the Germans after Kabul and Berlin failed to contact the rebels for talks.
Muslim said he had no information on the fate of the second hostage but added that a search operation was under way.
"I don't know about the second one but we've been searching for him. I don't know if he's alive or what," he said.
Afghanistan's foreign ministry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Saturday night they still thought one German was alive.
The Afghans said the other German had died of a heart attack.
- SAPA
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