Daughter of Afghan envoy to Pakistan briefly kidnapped, says government
The Hindu
Neighbours Pakistan and Afghanistan have long had frosty ties.
The daughter of Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan was briefly kidnapped and mistreated by unknown assailants, the Afghan government said on Saturday. Silsila Alikhil was on her way home when she was seized for several hours and “severely tortured”, the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement, without giving more details of Friday’s abduction in Islamabad.More Related News
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