A Taliban spokesman confirmed the South Korean government paid a hefty ransom for the release of 21 South Korean hostages seized by the Taliban last October. Two roadside bombs killed seven people in southern Afghanistan, five of them civilians from the same family. Afghan officials confirmed two Taliban commanders were killed in the Farah province raid on Sunday.
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