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Taliban release Swiss hostages in Pakistan: Army
By AFP
Published: March 15, 2012
Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas says, they are safe and sound, shifted to Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban have released two Swiss hostages kidnapped more than eight months ago while travelling through the countrys volatile southwest, the army said Thursday.
They are safe and sound. We shifted them to Peshawar, Pakistani army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP in reference to the city belt where they were held captive.
Swiss nationals David Olivier, 31, and Widmar Daniela, 29, were abducted by unidentified gunmen on July 1, 2011 while travelling in Balochistan, according to media reports.
The TTP had released two videos of the kidnapped Swiss couple flanked by four masked gunmen pointing rifles at their heads. The videos showed the couple calling upon the governments of Switzerland, the United States and Pakistan to meet the captors demands.
The Pakistani Taliban had demanded that they be exchanged for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuro-scientist sentenced in 2010 in New York for the attempted murder of US government agents in Afghanistan.
By AFP
Published: March 15, 2012
Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas says, they are safe and sound, shifted to Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban have released two Swiss hostages kidnapped more than eight months ago while travelling through the countrys volatile southwest, the army said Thursday.
They are safe and sound. We shifted them to Peshawar, Pakistani army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP in reference to the city belt where they were held captive.
Swiss nationals David Olivier, 31, and Widmar Daniela, 29, were abducted by unidentified gunmen on July 1, 2011 while travelling in Balochistan, according to media reports.
The TTP had released two videos of the kidnapped Swiss couple flanked by four masked gunmen pointing rifles at their heads. The videos showed the couple calling upon the governments of Switzerland, the United States and Pakistan to meet the captors demands.
The Pakistani Taliban had demanded that they be exchanged for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuro-scientist sentenced in 2010 in New York for the attempted murder of US government agents in Afghanistan.
