Reuters: Taliban extend deadline to kill Italian reporter

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Taliban extend deadline to kill Italian reporter
17 Mar 2007 05:21:15 GMT
Source: Reuters

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan, March 17 (Reuters) - The Taliban have
extended their deadline to execute a kidnapped Italian journalist
by three days to Monday to give Rome more time to respond to their
demands, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.

News of the extension of the deadline, which had been set to expire
on Friday, came a day after Italy appealed for time as the rebels
said they had killed an Afghan driver abducted along with La
Repubblica reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo.

"We are extending the deadline for three days from Friday," Mullah
Hayatullah Khan told Reuters. "We will wait for the response in
regard to our demands."

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He said the rebels had killed driver Sayed Agha on Thursday after
a Taliban court found him guilty of spying, and would now decide
the fate of Mastrogiacomo and his Afghan interpreter.

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