Kidnapped Pakistani ambassador released

as part of prisoner swap and Pakistani surrender/appeasement/cave-in to the Taliban.

Tariq Azizuddin as last seen in kidnap vid

Taliban militants freed a kidnapped Pakistani envoy on Saturday, in what appeared to be part of a prisoner swap involving the release of more than 40 Taliban, according to senior Pakistani security official.

Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, was abducted on Feb.11 as he was travelling from the northwestern city of Peshawar to the Afghan border on his way back to Kabul.

He was released in the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan, where he had been held by fighters loyal to Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the official said.

The government has yet to give an official account of the circumstances surrounding the envoy's release.

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