Afghanistan's ambassador-designate, who was kidnapped last week in Pakistan's northwest region, has been freed, sources told Pakistan's News International, UPI reported. The report also quoted officials at the Afghan consulate in Peshawar that Abdul Khaliq Farahi, abducted Sept. 22 by armed gunmen who also killed his driver, had reached the city safe and unharmed. Farahi had been Afghanistan's consul in Peshawar and was expected to take over as ambassador when he was taken by the gunmen. The News International said it had learned earlier from its sources that Farahi would be freed but added it wasn't clear who had abducted him. The newspaper said the terms of his release, if any, also weren't known. Dawn newspaper quoted a security official as saying the Afghan diplomat was taken to a Western mission in Peshawar after his release.
