South Korean Hostage Crisis Continues

The Taliban have added three hours to a deadline to release 22 South Koreans in exchange for a similar number of prisoners being held by Afghanistan or coalition forces there.

The Taliban have stated that they are going to add 3 hours onto the deadline for their demands to be met revolving around the 22 South Korean hostages they currently hold.

The deadline has been extended into late Monday afternoon but many believe that their demands will still not be met. The Taliban are asking for many militant prisoners to be released and in exchange for their release they will allow hostages to go free one at a time. The Taliban stated that if some of those in jail are not released by the deadline then many of the hostages may be killed.

The deadline was extended until 4 p.m. which is 1130 GMT because of talks between Afghan officials and the Taliban. The Afghan officials requested the extra time to continue negotiations. The Taliban are asking for 23 prisoners to be released. All 23 are sitting in jails in Afghanistan.

UPDATE:
Reports are indicating that a second hostage has been killed. Still other reports indicate that video of some of the women being held was shown on al Jazeera. Hot Air surmises that the Afghan forces (and presumably the US and coalition forces) have the location where the hostages are being held but have chosen not to attempt a rescue because they believe the place is rigged to explode.

All the while, the world just yawns at this ongoing depravity.