Kidnappers Hand over ISI official, British Reporter To Haqqani Group

Former ISI official Colonel Imam and a British journalist of Pakistani origin Asad Qureshi have been handed over to Haqqani Group in Miran Shah area of North Waziristan by a militant group calling itself the Asian Tigers.

The group belongs is believed to be operating in North Waziristan and kidnapped the two on March 26, 2010. Among the people abducted was former ISI official Khalid Khwaja, who was recently killed by the group.

Khwaja’s body was found near a stream in Karam Kot, about seven kilometres south of North Waziristan’s main town of Mirali. Locals said they had seen Khwaja’s body, but did not pick it up for fear of attacks from the militants.