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Female Afghan MP released by Taliban after three weeks in captivity
Source: Reuters
Female Afghan MP released by Taliban after three weeks in captivity
Reuters in Kabul
theguardian.com, Saturday 7 September 2013 16.24 BST
A female Afghan parliamentarian who was held captive by Taliban for three weeks has been released in a prisoner exchange, Taliban and government officials said on Saturday.
Fariba Ahmadi Kakar, a member of the Afghan lower house, was kidnapped on 13 August, when travelling by car through the restive eastern province of Ghazni. She was the second female parliamentarian to be attacked in Ghazni in less than a week, and her abduction highlighted concerns about a recent spate of often deadly assaults on women working in state institutions.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Kakar had been exchanged for four female and two child relatives of Taliban officials who were being held by the government.
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Reuters in Kabul
theguardian.com, Saturday 7 September 2013 16.24 BST
A female Afghan parliamentarian who was held captive by Taliban for three weeks has been released in a prisoner exchange, Taliban and government officials said on Saturday.
Fariba Ahmadi Kakar, a member of the Afghan lower house, was kidnapped on 13 August, when travelling by car through the restive eastern province of Ghazni. She was the second female parliamentarian to be attacked in Ghazni in less than a week, and her abduction highlighted concerns about a recent spate of often deadly assaults on women working in state institutions.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Kakar had been exchanged for four female and two child relatives of Taliban officials who were being held by the government.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/07/afghanistan-woman-mp-released-taliban