Taliban war crimes against Korean hostages, II

BBC:

A group of South Koreans held hostage by Taleban militants in Afghanistan have said they were beaten and ordered at gunpoint to convert to Islam.

At a news conference in Seoul, the former captives also said they were made to work "like slaves" during their six-week ordeal.

Twenty-one members of the group were freed last month following an agreement between South Korea and the captors.

Two of the hostages - all Christian aid workers - had already been killed.

The former hostages said they feared for their lives at times when their captors turned violent.

"We were beaten with a tree branch or kicked around. Some kidnappers threatened us with death at gunpoint to force us to follow them in chanting their Islamic prayer for conversion," said Jae Chang-hee.

"I was beaten many times. They pointed a rifle and bayonet at me and tried to force me to convert."

He said the group "lived like slaves. We had to level the ground for motorbikes, and get water and make a fire".

Another of the group, Yu Jung-hwa, described how she thought she was going to die.

"The most difficult moment, when I had a big fear of death, was when the Taleban shot [a] video.

"All 23 of us leaned against a wall and armed Taleban aimed their guns at us, and a pit was before me.

"They said they will save us if we believe in Islam. I almost fainted at the time and I still cannot look at cameras," she said.

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What does it say about this disgusting bunch and their weird religious beliefs that they would threaten to kill someone if they did not accept those weird beliefs. It appears to be a return to the barbaric past of Islam where people who did not submit were put to the sword.

It also says something about the BBC that they could report this story without mentioning Taliban war crimes and violations of the rule of law. This happens because the BBC and other liberals believe that those rules only apply to our side and they do not want to be judgmental about groups like the Taliban or al Qaeda.

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