Four South Korean hostages have been transferred to officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gelan district of Ghazni province in central Afghanistan on Thursday.
A Xinhua reporter saw a local tribal elder handed over the hostages, who were among the remaining seven, to ICRC officials.
The hostages including two female and two male, and now they are on their way to Ghazni city, the capital of Ghazni province, an ICRC official said.
On Wednesday, the Taliban freed 12 hostages in three groups, and they later arrived in Ghazni city, and met South Korean officials.
The Taliban and the South Korean government made a deal on Tuesday, which said all 19 South Korean hostages would released in the coming days without the release of Taliban prisoners.
In return, the South Korean government promised to withdraw all its 200 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year, and to forbid all Christian activities in this country.
A total of 23 South Koreans were kidnapped by Taliban militants on a road in Ghazni province on July 19.
Taliban rebels shot dead two male hostages on July 25 and July 30 separately to press Afghan and South Korean authorities to meet their main demand, which was the release of some Taliban prisoners.
Two female hostages were released on Aug. 13 as the Taliban claimed it wanted to show "a good gesture"toward South Korean authorities.
The Afghan government refused to release Taliban prisoners as the Taliban demanded to exchange for the remaining 19 hostages.
Source: Xinhua
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