South Korean Missionaries

South Korean Missionaries

Timeline

  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013

Battles and operations

Invasion
  • Crescent Wind
  • Rhino
  • Mazari Sharif
  • Kunduz
  • Herat
  • Kabul
  • Tawin Kowt
  • Shawali Kowt
  • Sayyd Alma Kalay
  • Qala-i-Jangi
  • Kandahar
  • Tora Bora
Helmand Province
  • Lejay
  • Eagle Fury
  • Lashkar Gah
  • Mountain Thrust
  • 1st Sangin
  • Mountain Fury
  • Now Zad
  • Achilles
  • Musa Qala I
  • Volcano
  • Kryptonite
  • Silver
  • Pickaxe-Handle
  • Hammer
  • Nasrat
  • Musa Qala II
  • Garmsir
  • Eagle's Summit
  • Red Dagger
  • Shahi Tandar
  • Diesel
  • Mar Lewe
  • Panther's Claw
  • Strike of the Sword
  • Dahaneh
  • Cobra's Anger
  • Moshtarak
  • Tor Shezada
  • 2nd Sangin
  • Camp Bastion
Kandahar Province
  • Medusa
  • Avalanche
  • Kaika
  • Panjwaii
  • Falcon Summit
  • Hoover
  • Luger
  • Kamin
  • Shah Wali Kot
  • 1st Kandahar
  • Spin Boldak
  • Sarposa Prison
  • Arghandab
  • Wech Baghtu
  • 2nd Kandahar
  • Nadahan wedding bombing
  • Hamkari
  • Dragon Strike
  • Baawar
  • Kandahar
Eastern Afghanistan
  • Hazar Qadam
  • Anaconda (Takur Ghar)
  • Warrior Sweep
  • Jacana
  • Haven Denial
  • Mountain Resolve
  • Tar Heels
  • Korangal valley (Red Wings)
  • Afghanya
  • Ebrahimkhel
  • Jaji border incident
  • Nangar Khel
  • South Korean hostages
  • Wanat
  • Alasay
  • Kamdesh
  • Narang
  • Khataba
  • Bad Pakh
  • Bulldog Bite
  • Do Ab
Kabul Province
  • 1st Kabul
  • Hotel Serena
  • 1st Indian Embassy
  • Uzbin
  • Feb 2009 Kabul raid
  • 2nd Indian Embassy
  • Bakhtar guest house
  • NATO headquarters
  • Jan 2010 Kabul raid
  • Feb 2010 Kabul raid
  • May 2010 Kabul bombing
  • NATO convoy
Kunduz Province
  • Kunduz airstrike
  • Oqab
  • Sahda Ehlm
  • Gala-e Gorg
  • Harekate Yolo
  • Karez
  • Mountain Viper
  • Asbury Park
  • Perth
  • Chora
  • Firebase Anaconda
  • Shewan
  • Balamorghab
  • Derapet
  • Doan

Airstrikes

  • Azizabad
  • Baraki Barak
  • Deh Bala
  • Gora Prai
  • Granai
  • Hyderabad
  • Kapisa
  • Kunar Raid
  • Kunduz
  • Mano Gai
  • Sayyd Alma Kalay
  • Sangin
  • Uruzgan
  • Wech Baghtu

Major insurgent attacks

  • Kabul (2002)
  • Bagram (2007)
  • Baghlan (2007)
  • Kandahar (2008)
  • Spin Boldak (2008)
  • Kabul Indian Embassy (2008)
  • Kabul raids (2009)
  • Kandahar (2009)
  • Kabul Indian Embassy (2009)
  • Kabul UN guesthouse (2009)
  • Camp Chapman (2009)
  • Kabul (Feb 2010)
  • Kabul (May 2010)
  • Nadahan (2010)
  • Logar (2011)
  • Nimruz (2011)
  • Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif (2011)
  • April 2012 raids
  • Camp Bastion
  • Farah (2013)

Massacres

  • Dasht-i-Leili Massacre
  • Kandahar
  • Khataba
  • Maywand
  • Nangar
  • Narang
  • Shinwar

Other

  • US urination incident
  • 2012 Quran buring protests
  • Insurgents' bodies
  • U.S.-Afghan Strategic Agreement
  • U.S. Withdrawal

The 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan began on July 19, 2007, when 23 South Korean missionaries were captured and held hostage by members of the Taliban while passing through Ghazni Province of Afghanistan. Two male hostages were executed before the deal was reached between the Taliban and the South Korean government. The group, composed of sixteen women and seven men, was captured while traveling from Kandahar to Kabul by bus on a mission sponsored by the Saemmul Presbyterian Church. The crisis began when two local men, who the driver had allowed to board, started shooting to bring the bus to a halt. Over the next month, the hostages were kept in cellars and farmhouses and regularly moved in groups of three to four.

Of the 23 hostages captured, two men, Bae Hyeong-gyu, a 42-year-old South Korean pastor of Saemmul Church, and Shim Seong-min, a 29-year-old South Korean man, were executed on July 25 and July 30, respectively. Later, with negotiations making progress, two women, Kim Gyeong-ja and Kim Ji-na, were released on August 13 and the remaining 19 hostages on August 29 and August 30.

The release of the hostages was secured with a South Korean promise to withdraw its 200 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. Although the South Korean government offered no statement, a Taliban spokesman claimed that the militant group also received some US$20 million in exchange for the safety of the captured missionaries.

Read more about South Korean Missionaries:  Negotiations, Release, Response, Timeline, List of Hostages, See Also

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