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| Recovery of kidnapped Afghan envoy denied |
| 2008-10-01 |
| The family of kidnapped Afghan envoy and Frontier police Chief Tuesday denied the release of Abdul Khaliq Farahi by his captors. "No. No. That's not him. Abdul Farahi's much taller." The brother of kidnapped Afghan diplomat Abdul Khaliq Farahi rejected news reports suggesting that the ambassador-designate has been recovered and termed such reports as based on speculation and hearsay. Haji Naeem Farahi told the Peshawar-based Afghan Islamic Press that he would have known, had his brother been recovered. "Ambassador Farahi's family is unaware but the media is claiming that he has been found and is back home. The media coverage has upset all the members of our family," he stressed. According to Naeem Farahi, ambassador's wife had reached Kabul from the US where she had been living along with her children and was now staying at his home. He said everyone in their family was waiting and praying for the safe recovery of ambassador Farahi. Farahi was named Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan in August. He was waiting to present his credentials to President Asif Ali Zardari. |
| Posted by:Fred |