Source: Times of India
BEIJING/ISLAMABAD: As Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday claimed they were holding two Chinese telecoms engineers as prisoners and would soon issue a list of demands, Beijing has urged Pakistan to rescue the hostages and ensure their security.
“We have demanded Pakistan go all out to rescue the two missing engineers and ensure their safety,” […]
China demands Pakistan rescue kidnapped engineers
September 3rd, 2008 Sana · No Comments
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Indian Troops Storm House in Kashmir, Free 7 Hostages
September 1st, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Indian special forces stormed a house in Jammu and Kashmir state and freed seven people being held hostage by militants. The gunmen killed three captives and a soldier during the battle with troops.
“The special forces of the army killed all three militants,” army spokesman S.D. Goswami said by telephone from Chinore […]
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Gunmen free 300 children in Pakistan school siege
January 28th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment
Source: AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Heavily armed Islamic militants took more than 300 children hostage at a school in northwest Pakistan Monday but freed them after tense negotiations with tribal elders, officials said.
Seven rebels equipped with rocket launchers and dynamite holed up at the primary school in the remote village of Domail after a failed […]
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