Taliban Hostage Deal Reported

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"Representatives of the Taliban and the South Korean government said they had concluded face-to-face negotiations today over the fates of 19 South Korean church volunteers the Taliban has held captive in Afghanistan since mid-July.

But it was not immediately clear whether reports in Seoul and elsewhere that the Taliban had agreed to release the 19 hostages were accurate.

In Afghanistan, Qari Yusaf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, confirmed that the talks in the central Afghan town of Ghazni had concluded, but he declined to give further information. He said he was not yet aware of how the talks had ended."

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