EON

Kabul (EON) – 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.