Taliban Take UN Hostages In Afghanistan
On October 10th Pakistani commandos had to raid their own army’s headquarters to dislodge 30 people held by Taliban hostage takers. The death toll ended up at 19 dead: six soldiers, two commandos, eight militant attackers and three captives. Naturally a government can make brutal decisions like that, but what of an international welfare organization working within a country? We may be finding out how that turns out. United Nations’ employees in Afghanistan have possibly been taken hostage by disguised Taliban. They’re holding them in a UN guesthouse, and the Taliban have announced responsibility.
On one hand I feel sorry for the hostages – this is an ordeal that scars the psyche. On the other hand, I think we can expect the UN to do just about anything to release the hostages. The sky is the limit. I can only hope that they don’t ship the Taliban intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles for video confirmation of the hostages. Certainly terrorism will get a financial windfall that will be paying bloody dividends for years to come.
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