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| Taleban rebels in Afghanistan have freed three more South Korean hostages from a group they have been holding for more than a month, a tribal elder says. | Taleban rebels in Afghanistan have freed three more South Korean hostages from a group they have been holding for more than a month, a tribal elder says. |
| Haji Zahir told the BBC he was with the three released Koreans, all of them women, in a car heading for a location near the central town of Ghazni. | |
| The three - from a group of 19 - were reportedly handed to the International Committee of the Red Cross. | |
| Mr Zahir, who is acting as a mediator, said all three were in good health. | Mr Zahir, who is acting as a mediator, said all three were in good health. |
| The releases come a day after the South Korean government said it had reached a deal with the Taleban. | |
| South Korea has agreed to withdraw troops from Afghanistan as scheduled by the year's end. It also said it would end all missionary work in the country and stop its citizens from travelling there. | |
| There has been no mention of money being paid, but it is thought that a ransom may have been part of the deal, says the BBC's Alastair Leithead in Kabul. | |
| The Koreans, who work for a Christian charity, were kidnapped on a motorway south of Kabul more than five weeks ago. | |
| Two male hostages were subsequently killed, and two women were later freed following a first round of talks. |