Taliban militants in Afghanistan agreed to release 19 South Korean church volunteers held captive since July 19, a spokesman for the insurgents and the South Korean government said Tuesday. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, said South Korean and Taliban delegates at face-to-face talks Tuesday in the central town of Ghazni had «reached an agreement» to release the captives. In Seoul, South Korean presidential spokesman Cheon Ho-sun confirmed a deal had been reached. «We welcome the agreement to release 19 South Koreans,» Cheon Ho-sun was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. No details as to the terms of the agreement were immediately available.
