Swiss couple kidnapped in Pakistan appear in videos

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Source: Reuters

A Swiss couple abducted in July from Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province by the Pakistani Taliban appeared in two videos released Tuesday, pleading for their lives.

Pakistan's Taliban have claimed responsibility for kidnapping the couple who were seized from the Loralai district of southwestern Baluchistan province on July 1. Pakistani media have identified them as Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 29.

In the first video, the male hostage addressed the Pakistani, Swiss and American governments in English, asking them to release Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist imprisoned in the United States, and Taliban fighters in Pakistan's custody.

"When you don't do these things, it is possible we will die," the man said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/us-pakistan-kidnappning-switzerland-idUSTRE79O6JJ20111025

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Here's one of them: http://youtu.be/jqOB8HqGOiU