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| Taleban 'agree to free' hostages | Taleban 'agree to free' hostages |
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| The Taleban in Afghanistan have agreed to release the 19 South Korean hostages held for over five weeks, according to the South Korean presidential office. | |
| Spokesman Cheon Ho-seon said the agreement was reached on condition that Seoul withdraws its troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. | Spokesman Cheon Ho-seon said the agreement was reached on condition that Seoul withdraws its troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. |
| The Taleban kidnapped 23 South Korean Christian charity workers from Ghazni province in July. | The Taleban kidnapped 23 South Korean Christian charity workers from Ghazni province in July. |
| They later killed two of the male hostages, and released two women. | They later killed two of the male hostages, and released two women. |
| AFP news agency reported an Afghan tribal chief as saying that the hostages would be freed "in three or four days". | |
| But Mr Cheon said the exact timing of their release could not yet be confirmed, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency. | |
| Mr Cheon also said South Korea had agreed to a ban on its nationals' Christian missionary work in the country. |