Taliban release hostage

Lebanese engineer Safieddine Mohammad Rida, who was kidnapped on Sunday by the Taliban has been released after his company agreed to stop operations in Afghanistan.

No mention of a ransom being paid, but I'm sure there was.
The Taliban are famous for kidnapping anyone with the remotest and obscure connection to the west and then releasing them after receiving sums of money.
This is allowed under the Quran.

Seems Allah was a bit of an entrepreneur.