GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan released on Thursday four of the remaining seven South Korean hostages they had kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, witnesses said.

The two men and two women were handed over to officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ghazni province from where the Taliban seized the 23 Christian volunteers on July 19.

A Taliban representative said the other three hostages would be freed later on Thursday.

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