Agency, New Delhi. The Afghan Taliban have released three Indian engineers in exchange for their 11 members. This information was given in a media report on Monday. The Express Tribune quoted two Taliban members as saying that the hostages were exchanged on Sunday (6 October). But he did not give information about where it was executed.
The newspaper quoted the report of RFE / RL as saying that members of the Taliban gave this information on condition of anonymity and called the case sensitive. He declined to provide any information regarding who the militant group exchanged detainees with and whether the released Taliban members were held hostage by Afghan officials or the US military in Afghanistan.
Taliban members reported that Sheikh Abdur Rahim and Mawlavi Abdur Rashid of the Taliban have also been released, who were rebels of the rebel group governors of Kunar and Nimroz provinces respectively during the Taliban administration before being ousted by US-led forces in 2001. Were working as Members of the Taliban provided photos and footage in which they claimed that the released members were welcomed. Afghan or Indian officials have not immediately commented on this.
It is noteworthy that in May 2018, seven Indian engineers working in a power plant in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province were kidnapped. No group has claimed any responsibility for his abduction. One of these kidnapped people was released in March, but no information about the rest was found.