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It's been over three weeks since the captives were taken by the Taliban. Still their fate hangs in the balance. An Afghanistan official says he expect two of more than 20 hostages to be released today. Two have already been killed. Charles Havilland is in Kabul for us.

>> Unfortunately this has reached the stage where it's very difficult and perhaps almost not too wise to speculate on anything. The Taliban's most frequent purported spokesman actually told the bbc late on Saturday the two women had been released. He then seemed the start saying all sorts of things to other media outlets. Yesterday he denied having said this, said simply there had been greejts to release -- agreement to release the women. On Saturday he used the word "unconditional." Those women still seem to be in captivity, so we don't know what's going on. You're right that some Afghanistan officials in Ghazni have now started expressing optimism about a development today, and that's a new thing.

>> Two South Korean aid workers have been released in Afghanistan. The south Korean government has welcomed their release, but urged the Taleban to release the other 19 they're still holding.

>> Free after a 25 day nightmare. It was these senior local he release, who drove them to a prearranged location, where they met up with officials of the international committee of the red cross. We are not the Taleban. We are the representatives of the tribe.

>> The two women tearful. There they were expected to meet south Korean delegates who have been negotiating with two Taleban officials totath be reasonable good, although the Taleban said they had freed them because they were sick and as a goodwill gesture. Of the 23 Korean Christian workers kidnaedmo tho the Taleban have killed first their leader, a church pastor. And then another male hostage. His body was found at the end of July. the rebels have also released their own pictures of some of the other Koreans in captivity. Back in south Korea, their families and friends have waited with anguish the news of any developments. The South Korean government said the two women freed were now safe. They welcomed their release but urged the kidnappers to go further.

>> We urge the kidnappers to release our people and we will try to secure the safety and release of the remaining south Taleban say they want the comrades imprisoned by the afghan goverto Korean.

>> The Taleban say they want the comrades imprisoned by the afghan government to be set free. Korean officials have been meeting rebel repsentatives for four days now to try settle the issue. 　

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