...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, Professor Ajmal Khan, was greeted Saturday evening by his relatives at home, following his release by the Pak Taliban after almost two years of captivity when both were kidnapped on gun point on September 7, 2012 from Professor Colony in University of Peshawar.
Though the ICU Vice Chancellor Ajmal Khan's appeal for release still remained unheard, as the government seemed unwilling to meet Taliban's demands in return for his freedom, Mohibullah, the TTP front man Ihsanulla Ihsan said had been released in exchange for Taliban prisoners.
Speaking to Dawn.com after his release in Peshawar Mohibullah said; "I don't know about their demands and the reason why I had been set free but I am really happy to be back home and pray for the professor's early release."
To a query if they were kept in
Wazoo by the Taliban he said: "I don't know where they were keeping us, we were moved from one dark room to another, blindfolded so its really difficult to tell the exact place but I can say for sure it was a really cold place, the weather was very cold even in the month of June and July and it was very chilly a few days back.""No we were never forced to do anything, we were on our own, nothing unusual but yes the armed Taliban did keep us under watch," he replied, when asked if they were ever tortured in captivity.
"Ajmal sahib is alright, we had been together all the time in captivity. I was separated from him three days back and on Saturday they put me on a vehicle and in the evening I was freed near Scheme Chowk on Kohat Road from where I called my brother and now I am home," he said while narrating his journey to freedom.