Taliban to Release Korean Hostages
Under the terms of the agreement, South Korea agreed to stick by its previous decision to withdraw its 200 non-combat troops from Afghanistan, which work mostly in an engineering and medical capacity.In addition, Seoul will halt all Christian missionary work in Afghanistan.
The spokesman said there was no agreement to pay the captors, nor was there any mention of releasing Taliban prisoners -- a major demand of the kidnappers.
Priorities, you know. Military and religious/political goals over financial and individual ones. Two out of four, especially when they both involve regulating the behavior of a sovereign government, ain't bad.