This Article is From Apr 05, 2009

UN official kidnapped in Pakistan released

Islamabad:

John Solecki, the American-UN refugee official, who had been kidnapped in Pakistan in February, has been released.

An unknown militant group, the Baluchistan Liberation United Front, had claimed responsibility for his kidnapping and had demanded the release of prisoners being held by the government.

Now they have said that Solecki has been released on humanitarian grounds.

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