Pakistani officials on Saturday said they had rescued 11 kidnapped foreigners - eight Iranians, two Tunisians and one Yemeni national - in the southwest town of Turbat near the Iranian border. The security officials told AFP that those freed did **t include a group of Iranian border guards believed to have been kidnapped by jihadists and taken to Pakistan in early February, sparking diplomatic tensions. "11 foreigners were rescued in a raid in a neighbourhood of Turbat town, some 1,050 kilometres (656 miles) west of Quetta," a security official told AFP. The raid had been conducted in an attempt to rescue five Iranian border guards who were kidnapped on February 6 from Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province, officials said.
03-25-2014, 01:07 AM
Pakistan rescues 11 foreign hostages near Iranian border
Pakistani officials on Saturday said they had rescued 11 kidnapped foreigners - eight Iranians, two Tunisians and one Yemeni national - in the southwest town of Turbat near the Iranian border. The security officials told AFP that those freed did **t include a group of Iranian border guards believed to have been kidnapped by jihadists and taken to Pakistan in early February, sparking diplomatic tensions. "11 foreigners were rescued in a raid in a neighbourhood of Turbat town, some 1,050 kilometres (656 miles) west of Quetta," a security official told AFP. The raid had been conducted in an attempt to rescue five Iranian border guards who were kidnapped on February 6 from Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province, officials said.
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