Taleban representatives say they have agreed to release 19 South Korean hostages held captive in Afghanistan for more than a month. A South Korean presidential spokesman has confirmed that a deal for the release has been reached.
The announcement came Tuesday, after the Taleban and South Korean officials held a new round of talks on the fate of the hostages.
Face-to-face talks between South Korean officials and Taleban militants had broken down after the kidnappers released two female hostages earlier this month in what they called a gesture of goodwill.
The militants earlier executed two male hostages and had threatened to kill the rest if the Afghan government did not release Taleban prisoners.
Kabul rejected a prisoner swap.
Taleban militants abducted the 23 South Koreans as they traveled by bus to southern Afghanistan to do charity work on behalf of their Christian church. - VOA News
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