NEW DELHI—Three Indian truck drivers freed after a six-week hostage ordeal in Iraq were Friday headed to their villages for a night of celebration after a rousing dawn welcome at New Delhi’s airport.

The former hostages, who were greeted by excited relatives and government officials after arriving on a flight from Kuwait, said they had been well treated by their kidnappers but were relieved to be home.

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