TEHRAN -- The Taleban yesterday released the three Iranian nationals it had illegally arrested earlier.
Talking to the TEHRAN TIMES, a source said earlier that the Taleban militia arrested three Iranian delegates to Afghanistan last week.
The source who was speaking on the condition of anonymity said the three were arrested by Mulla Abdel Karim, head of the intelligence office of the Islam Qala border city.
He said the three were handed to Mulla Abdel-Hadi, head of the Herat Province's intelligence.
The source said the Mulla Abdel-Hadi has reported the capture to Mulla Omar, but Herat's governor has promised to free the three Iranians.
According to deputy governor of the Iranian border Province of Khorasan the three were officers, two of them with plain clothes and one in his uniform.
Hossein Zare' Sefat said two rounds of talks have been held with Taleban officials to release the Iranians. He said it is arranged that the three will be freed.