48 Taliban released in exchange of Indians

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Kabul: The Afghan transitional government has released 48 prisoners of the Taliban, it was reported by the Pakistani daily Dawn on Friday.

According to the paper, the Afghan transitional government has given 50 million Afghanis (currency, perhaps $1 million U.S.) besides releasing 48 Taliban in exchange of the two Indian engineers, who were released a couple of days back.

The Taliban had kidnapped the two Indian engineers in Shah Joy district of Zabul province on December 6.

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The two Indian engineer were kidnapped on December 6 in troubled Zabul province after finishing work on the highway between Kabul and the main southern city of Kandahar.