Kidnapped Afghan diplomat recovered in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's top diplomat in Pakistan, ambassador-designate Abdul Khaliq Farahi, was "recovered" on Monday, a week after gunmen kidnapped him and killed his driver, Pakistani officials said.
"He has been recovered," said an intelligence agency official who declined to be identified. A government official said Farahi, who was kidnapped in the northwestern city of Peshawar, had been taken to the capital, Islamabad.
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