An Afghan policeman frisks a driver at a checkpoint in Kandahar , Afghanistan , 05 August 2007 . A purported spokesman for Taliban said Sunday that the group was ready to meet Seoul ' s delegates only in areas controlled by the rebels or the UN guarantees the militant ' s safety elsewhere . The 18 women and five men , all members of the Saemmul Community Church , were abducted on 19 July 2007 by Taliban militants at gunpoint from a bus traveling from Kabul to Kandahar in southern Afghanistan . Two have since been shot dead by their Taliban captors . EPA / HUMAYOUN SHIAB < 저작권자 ⓒ 2007 연 합 뉴 스 . 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 . >