Abducted envoy still alive, says Pak foreign office
Pakistan's foreign office said yesterday it was "sure" that the country's ambassador to Afghanistan is still alive after being abducted in a tribal region where Islamic militants are active.
It would not however confirm television reports that Taliban rebels were holding the envoy and had demanded that a senior militant commander captured in Pakistan be released in exchange.
Envoy Tariq Azizuddin was heading to the Afghan capital Kabul with his driver when he disappeared in the troubled Khyber tribal district bordering Afghanistan on Monday, sparking a huge search operation.
The foreign office has only confirmed that Azizuddin is missing but a top official in the rugged area said it was "clear" that he had been kidnapped, although it is not known by whom.
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