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Taleban 'free Red Cross workers' Taleban release Red Cross workers
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Four Red Cross workers kidnapped in Afghanistan have been released, police and Taleban insurgents have said. Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan have freed four Red Cross workers who were kidnapped on Wednesday.
Militants captured the workers - two Afghans and two foreigners - on Wednesday in Wardak province, some 30 miles (50km) north of Kabul. The international Red Cross says the four - two Afghans and two foreigners - were released unconditionally.
But a Taleban leader later promised to release the four, saying his men had seized them by mistake. They were seized in Wardak province, west of the capital, Kabul. A Taleban leader later said his men had captured them by mistake.
The Red Cross workers were reportedly in the area trying to negotiate the release of a German hostage. The workers had been trying to secure the release of a German national seized by the Taleban in July.
"The four employees of the [Red Cross] who were kidnapped by the Taleban because of some suspicions have been released," a Taleban leader told Reuters news agency. A police official told the Associated Press news agency that the four - one of whom is from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and one Burmese - were in good health.
A police official told the Associated Press that the four - one of whom is from FYR Macedonia and one Burmese - were in good health.
Kidnappings have soared in Afghanistan in recent months, where foreign and Afghan troops are battling the Taleban.Kidnappings have soared in Afghanistan in recent months, where foreign and Afghan troops are battling the Taleban.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working in Afghanistan for 20 years, and is one of the organisation's biggest operations, with more than 1,000 Afghan and international staff.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working in Afghanistan for 20 years, and is one of the organisation's biggest operations, with more than 1,000 Afghan and international staff.