Al-Jazeera Airs Video of 3 UN Hostages in Afghanistan

Al-Jazeera Airs Video of 3 UN Hostages in Afghanistan
Three U.N. employees held hostage in Afghanistan were shown on Sunday in a video aired by Al Jazeera television, which said they called for the release of prisoners from Afghan jails and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The video showed the hostages, a man and two women, crouched on the floor with a masked militant next to them. The three appeared to be in good health. **PHOTO CAPTION*** An Afghan policeman stops a vehicle in Kabul a day after three foreign United Nations employees were kidnapped. (AFP)

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