04-30-2006, 09:35 AM
<b>All Indians must leave within 24 hoursâ</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kandahar, April 29: Taliban militants will kill an Indian engineer being held hostage in southern Afghanistan if all Indians don't leave Afghanistan within 24 hours, a purported spokesman for the insurgent group said Saturday.
Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, who releases regular statements on behalf of outlawed Taliban fighters, accused the Indian contractor, who was abducted Friday in the southern Zabul province, of being an 'American spy'.
"We warn all Indians working here to leave Afghanistan within 24 hours starting 6 pm (1330GMT) Saturday otherwise we will kill him," Ahmadi said after contacting The Associated Press by telephone.
India's Ambassador to Kabul, Rakesh Sood, said the threat was "not a very positive development."
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Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, who releases regular statements on behalf of outlawed Taliban fighters, accused the Indian contractor, who was abducted Friday in the southern Zabul province, of being an 'American spy'.
"We warn all Indians working here to leave Afghanistan within 24 hours starting 6 pm (1330GMT) Saturday otherwise we will kill him," Ahmadi said after contacting The Associated Press by telephone.
India's Ambassador to Kabul, Rakesh Sood, said the threat was "not a very positive development."
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