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| Pakistan envoy 'held by Taleban' | Pakistan envoy 'held by Taleban' |
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| Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February, has appeared in a video saying he is being held by Taleban militants. | Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February, has appeared in a video saying he is being held by Taleban militants. |
| Armed men surrounded Tariq Azizuddin in the footage, shown on Dubai-based al-Arabiya television. | Armed men surrounded Tariq Azizuddin in the footage, shown on Dubai-based al-Arabiya television. |
| He urged the Pakistan government to meet their demands. | He urged the Pakistan government to meet their demands. |
| It is the first time the envoy has been seen in public since disappearing on his way to Kabul from the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. | It is the first time the envoy has been seen in public since disappearing on his way to Kabul from the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. |
| In comments translated into Arabic by the TV channel, he said he was being held with his driver and bodyguard "in comfortable conditions and are looked after". | In comments translated into Arabic by the TV channel, he said he was being held with his driver and bodyguard "in comfortable conditions and are looked after". |
| "We were kidnapped by mujahideen from the Taleban," he said. "We have no problems, but I suffer health problems such as high blood pressure and heart pains." | |
| No escort | |
| Appealing directly to Pakistan's ambassadors in Iran and China and the foreign secretary, he said: | |
| "I urge them to do what they can to keep us alive and fulfil all the Taleban's demands as soon as possible so we can be released and return home, God willing." | |
| A Taleban spokesman said in February that they would exchange him for a Taleban commander captured by Pakistani security forces. | A Taleban spokesman said in February that they would exchange him for a Taleban commander captured by Pakistani security forces. |
| Many areas in the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are strongholds of pro-Taleban militants and hundreds of people have been kidnapped in recent years. | Many areas in the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are strongholds of pro-Taleban militants and hundreds of people have been kidnapped in recent years. |
| Mr Azizuddin, who said he was kidnapped in the Khyber province, is said to have previously travelled to Kabul by road, often without the tribal security escort. |