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Taliban release Pakistan envoy after fighters freed

independent-bangladesh.com
May 19, 2008
        

Islamabad, May 18 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Taliban militants freed a kidnapped Pakistani ambassador on Saturday after the release of more than 40 Taliban fighters in recent days, a senior security official said. Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, was abducted on Feb. 11 while...

                   
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Pakistan close to inking peace agreement with Baitullah Mehsud

longwarjournal.org
May 19, 2008
        

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas and the NWFP. The Taliban have freed Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan after three months of captivity as negotiations for the military to withdraw from the tribal areas progress. Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin was freed late May 16 as the Pakistani Army...

                   
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Pakistani envoy to Kabul freed 96 days after abduction

dailystar.com.lb
May 18, 2008
        

Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan returned home safely Saturday following his release after being held captive for 96 days by suspected Taliban militants. Envoy Tariq Azizuddin was heading to the Afghan capital, Kabul, with his driver and a bodyguard when he disappeared in the troubled Khyber...

                   

Pakistani ambassador freed after 3 months with Taliban

signonsandiego.com
May 18, 2008
        

Release occurs days ahead of peace accord PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, who was kidnapped three months ago by Taliban militants as he traveled in Pakistan's tribal area, was released Friday night, the government said yesterday. His release occurred as the government...

                   

Militants free Pakistani envoy in exchange

iht.com
May 18, 2008
        

The Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan, who was kidnapped three months ago by Taliban militants as he traveled in Pakistani tribal areas, has been released, the government said. The Friday night release of the envoy, Tariq Azizuddin, was announced Saturday, and he arrived in Islamabad in the...

                   

Kidnapped ambassador freed

thenews.com.pk
May 18, 2008
        

Taliban claim Mulla Obaidullah, others swapped for Tariq Azizuddin; govt denies deal By Mushtaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Militants in South Waziristan Agency on Saturday set free Pakistan’s envoy to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, in return for the release of 12 Pakistani and Afghan Taliban. Taliban...

                   

Militants free Pakistan envoy to Afghanistan

karachinews.net
May 18, 2008
        

Tariq Azizuddin was kidnapped three months ago. His release is a sign of rapprochement between the Pakistani government and militants in the tribal areas. Taliban militants on Saturday released Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, three months after the envoy was seized in the tribal lands near...

Ambassador freed by Taliban in latest sign of border peace

karachinews.net
May 18, 2008
        

Taliban militants released Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan on Saturday, three months after he was seized in the tribal lands near the Afghan border. The release of Tariq Azizuddin was the latest sign of a growing rapprochement between the Pakistani government and militants in the tribal...

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Ambassador freed by Taliban in latest sign of border peace

thenewstribune.com
May 18, 2008
        

Taliban militants released Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan on Saturday, three months after he was seized in the tribal lands near the Afghan border. The release of Tariq Azizuddin was the latest sign of a growing rapprochement between the Pakistani government and militants in the tribal...

                   

Pakistani official set free

telegram.com
May 18, 2008
        

Envoy kidnapped 3 months ago ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan returned home yesterday three months after he was kidnapped on the main highway through Pakistan’s wild border region. The release of Tariq Azizuddin came as the government seeks to negotiate peace deals to...

               

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