Taliban frees four Turkish engineers

Four Turkish engineers kidnapped by Afghanistan's Taliban more than eight months ago were freed overnight, Asia One has recently reported.

The men, taken captive last December in Eastern Afghanstani province of Paktia, were handed to the International Committee of Red Cross in the neighboring province of Ghazni.

"We were kidnapped by the Taliban eight and a half months ago. We're released on the occussion of the Eid by Ameer-ul Momineen Mullah Mohammad Omar," one of the captives told journalists.