The Taliban freed a French aid worker kidnapped last month in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the group said Friday.

Qari Mohammad Yousuf said the Taliban handed over Eric Damfreville to tribal elders in the province of Kandahar. The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed Damfreville was transferred to its representatives.

Eric Damfreville as seen in a video image released by the Taliban after he was kidnapped.
(CBC)

There were unconfirmed reports he may be taken to Kandahar airfield, then possibly Kabul, before he heads to France.

Damfreville was working for Terre d'Enfrance, an agency helping children, often in remote, dangerous parts of southern Afghanistan.

He was abducted in the southwestern province of Nimroz April 3, along with three Afghans and a French woman, colleagues of his at the organization.

The woman, Céline Cordelier, was freed by the Taliban April 28. There has been no word on the fate of the three Afghans.

Damfreville was suffering from unspecified health problems because of his days in captivity, according to Antoine Vuillaume, the head of Terre d'Enfrance.

The militants had demanded France withdraw its 1,100 troops from Afghanistan and release Taliban fighters held in Afghan jails. None of the demands was met.

Ten days after the group was abducted, CBC News obtained a videotape showing Cordelier and Damfreville expressing fears they would be killed and pleading for their lives.