Thanks for pointing this out, which is why I totally ignore
him...
Awareness, mindfulness, compassion... these are some of the basic
teaching of Buddhism. At the very least, people must be aware of
what is being written here in this thread and to whom the post is
addressed.
Compassion. Please pour out you compassion to counter the hatred
and negative comments against the hostages. The need is great.
Everyone needs to focus and concentrate on the situation at hand.
Please focus your mind on compassion for the hostages.
No more talks on Korean hostages - Taliban
spokesman
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban rebels on Sunday ruled out more talks
with the Afghan government over their remaining 22 South Korean
hostages and pressed for the release of militant prisoners as the
only way out of the crisis.
An Afghan team that was supposed to have held more talks with the
Taliban on Saturday could not reach the group because of security
concerns in Ghazni province, provincial sources said.
Qari Mohammad Yousuf, a Taliban spokesman, on Sunday warned against
use of force and pressed for the freedom of the rebel prisoners as
the main condition for the release of the Koreans.
"There is no need for further talks. We have given the government a
list of Taliban prisoners who should be released and that is our
main demand," he told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed
location.
"The government needs to deliberate on it and if it wants to use
force, then it will jeopardise the lives of the hostages and the
Taliban will resist till the last gasp of their breath," he added,
but did not issue any new deadline.
