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Wazoo tribal region on Thursday, a security official said.The four, who were among the 10 kidnapped from Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Killa Saifullah district early this month, hail from the province's Quetta and Zhob districts.
The official, who requested anonymity, told Dawn that the kidnappers freed the four in South Waziristan's Zarmilan area.
"It was not entirely clear how they were set free or how their release was secured," the official said.
Armed Lions of Islam had kidnapped 10 people from Killa Saifullah on Jan 4 this year. The captors had killed an official of the Pakistain Air Force who was among the kidnapped and had freed two hostages. Three people were still in the kidnappers' custody.
Security forces had also launched operations in Zhob, Killa Saifullah, Sherani and Loralai districts of Balochistan to ensure the hostages' safe recovery.
The forces had also detained some suspects in connection with the kidnapping.
Zhob serves as a transit point for Lions of Islam operating in Pakistain's volatile northwestern tribal belt where the army is acting to root out local and foreign Death Eater groups.