German Foreign Minister Confirms One Hostage Still Alive

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed that one of two Germans kidnapped in Afghanistan was believed to be still alive and another had died but had not been murdered.

Steinmeier was speaking after Afghanistan’s Taliban claimed the militants had killed the two Germans and five Afghan hostages, and  threatened to murder 23 South Korean captives.

  

“We can say that one of the hostages is dead,” Steinmeier told reporters after a government crisis-cell meeting Saturday evening.

 

“Nothing indicates that he was assassinated — everything suggests he died due to the conditions of detention imposed by his captors,” he said. 

 

(DW; Image: AP)

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