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Technorati"From what I saw and from what I heard in the talks, it was not an issue," Heru Wicaksono told The Associated Press.
While there has been much rejoicing over the latest release of hostages, not all are happy about the deal struck by the South Korean government and the group the United States and most of the world has labeled as terrorist.
Afghan commerce minister Amin Farhang told Germany’s Bayerischer Rundfunk radio that the agreement will make things more difficult for his country.
“One has to say that this release under these conditions will make our difficulties in Afghanistan even bigger," said Farhang, according to AP.
“We fear that this decision could become a precedent. The Taliban will continue trying to take hostages to attain their aims.”
However, South Korea has defended its efforts to save the remaining hostages and said it had not broken any international polices or laws.
“I don’t think we made a big deviation from the international community’s principle and practice,” said South Korean presidential spokesman Cheon Ho-sun.
“Other countries, when faced with this kind of problem, resolve the problem through contacts with kidnappers. I think there is no exception to this,” he said.
The hostage release deal was made through face-to-face talks between Taliban negotiators and South Korean delegates in Ghazni.
The Afghan government was not a part of the negotiations.
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