Three Indian engineers held by the Taliban in Afghanistan since May 2018 have been freed by the militant group in exchange for 11 of its top members from Afghan jails, according to an Afghan media report on Monday.
However, there was no official confirmation from India on the release or identity of the engineers, who are reported to have been working for KEC, a global infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction company of RPG Enterprises.
They are reported to have been among seven Indian engineers and their Afghan driver who were abducted in the first week of May 2018 in the Bagh-e-Shamal area of northern Baghlan Province, where they were working on an electricity sub-station.
One of the seven was released in March.
No group had claimed responsibility for their abduction at the time.
The latest release follows meetings between US…