Taliban Leader Says French Hostages In Good Health

A senior Taliban commander said that the two Frenchmen held by the Afghan Islamist movement were in good health.

A senior Taliban commander said in remarks broadcast on Tuesday the two Frenchmen held by the Afghan Islamist movement were in good health and that demands for their release will be made soon.

"We will soon announce our demands and (the demands) relevant to the release of our prisoners held by them in return for those Frenchmen," Mullah Dadullah told Al Jazeera television. "They are in good health," he said.