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Taliban insurgents freed 12 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a day after reaching a deal with Korean and Indonesian negotiators on the release of the 19 Christian volunteers.
Three South Korean women were released first, followed by four women and a man 8212; handed over to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC in Ghazni province. A third batch comprising three women and a man were released later on Wednesday, they said.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yousuf, said by telephone he expected all of the hostages to be free by Thursday.The insurgents seized 23 Korean Christian volunteers on July 19 in Ghazni province.
