Nineteen South Koreans who were held by the Taliban as hostages in Afghanistan for six weeks arrived early Sunday at Incheon International Airport near Seoul, CNN reported. The former hostages are expected to remain at the hospital for about a week for medical check-ups. The hostages were among 23 South Korean Christian aid workers -- most of them women -- abducted by Taliban on July 19 as they traveled on a bus in Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan. The kidnappers later executed two of the South Koreans. On August 13, they freed two women who were said to be ill, as a "gesture of goodwill," according to a Taliban spokesman.
