The U.S. news agency AP quotes Taliban spokesman Qari Yusof Ahmadi as saying the militants will soon free the two reportedly ill hostages but said the timing of the release hasn't yet been decided.
The same spokesman is quoted by South Korea's Yonhap news agency as saying that the Taliban leadership decided not to free the women.
And on August 11, the Reuters and AFP news agencies quoted the same spokesman, Ahmadi, as saying the hostages had already been released.
The two hostages are among 21 South Korean hostages the Taliban is holding in Afghanistan. The group seized 23 South Koreans in July and has since killed two male hostages.
(AFP, AP, Reuters)