April 3, 2007 – 11:01AMiraqui militants are holding a german woman and her son hostage, claiming they will have to two killed if Berlin soldiers do not withdraw from Afghanistan.

 quotes from SMH -

A militant speaking on the video but out of sight said: “We are giving the German government another 10 days to begin withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan or we shall kill this criminal woman and her son who works in the Foreign Ministry of the government of (Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-) Maliki”.

Germany, which opposed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, has about 3,000 troops in
Afghanistan as part of a NATO force stationed in the country after US-led troops toppled the Taliban in 2001 for harbouring al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden