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Taliban free three Korean hostages-Reuters witnesses

GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug 29 (Reuters) Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents freed three female South Korean hostages today, having agreed to start releasing 19 Christian volunteers they had kidnapped nearly six weeks ago.

Reuters witnesses saw the women being handed over to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ghazni province.

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