Afghanistan ? Police in central Afghanistan at daybreak today discovered the body of a second South Korean hostage slain by the Taliban, officials said.

The Al-Jazeera television network, meanwhile, showed footage that it said was seven female hostages in Afghanistan.

The victim’s body was found in the village of Arizo Kalley in Andar District, some 6 miles west of Ghazni city, said Abdul Rahim Deciwal, the chief administrator in the area.

A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said senior Taliban leaders decided to kill the male captive because the government had not met Taliban demands to trade prisoners for the Christian volunteers, who were in their 12th day of captivity Monday.