MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban have handed over the bodies of four soldiers to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday.
The four soldiers were killed during a firefight with Taliban militants after their helicopter crash-landed in Pashtunkot district near Maimana, the provincial capital, in late November.
The Taliban are still holding about 18 soldiers hostage amid an ongoing operation by the Afghan army to rescue them.
The 21 people on board included two Moldovan pilots . . .
