The Taliban agreed Tuesday to free 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage since July after the government in Seoul pledged to end all missionary work and keep a promise to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.

• 韩国首尔政府保证了结束在阿富汗的一切传教工作，并承诺于年底撤出所有韩国军队，这样，塔利班同意在周二释放从七月起在押的19名韩国教会志愿者人质。