Eight Pakistanis working for a US charity have been released following a two-month kidnap ordeal near the Afghan border, one of their colleagues said on Tuesday. The American Refugee Committee (ARC) workers were abducted on July 18 in Pishin district, about 50 kilometres north of Quetta.
It is understood the hostages were held in South Waziristan. “Our eight colleagues who were kidnapped in July have been released,” Muhammad Shafique, ARC’s provincial coordinator told AFP, adding “they are safe and sound.”