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Taliban militants holding 21 Korean hostages in Afghanistan will release two female hostages who are unwell, a Taliban spokesman says.

Taliban spokesperson Qari Yousuf Ahmad confirmed to CNN late Saturday that the release would take place.

He said the group's "leadership council has decided today that the two female hostages who are under custody of the Taliban without any condition or return, and as a gesture of good will, will be released, so that the Korean government, people and others would try to decide regarding the freedom of the rest of the hostages, and release our prisoners and accept our demands." Read full article »

Journalist Tom Coghlan in Kabul, Afghanistan contributed to this report.

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