The Taliban released three Afghan aid workers Sunday who were kidnapped with two French colleagues nearly two months ago, a spokesman for the group said. The claim could not immediately be verified. The three aid workers from the France-based group Terre d'Enfance _ Mohammad Hashim and brothers Ghulam Rasul and Ghulam Azrat _ were abducted April 3 along with the two French nationals in the southwestern province of Nimroz. The Taliban released the French woman, Celine Cordelier, on April 28, and the man, Eric Damfreville, on May 11. «The three Afghans who were detained with the two French aid workers have been released today in Nimroz province at the request of tribal leaders,» purported Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said Sunday, according to a report of the Associated Press. Nimroz Governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad said he heard the hostages had been released, but had not yet seen them. A brother of Rasul and Azrat, Abdul Wahad, said he also heard of their release, but had not yet had access to them.
