Afghanistan Diplomat Freed

Afghanistan's ambassador-designate Abdul Khaliq Farahi was kidnapped last week in Pakistan. Pakistani intelligence officials have claimed that Farahi has been recovered. Pakistani officials did not give out any other details. No group has claimed responsibility. here Reuters

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.

He declined to give details of how Farahi was freed.

A government official said Farahi, who was kidnapped in the northwestern city of Peshawar when gunmen ambushed his vehicle on September 22, had been taken to the capital, Islamabad.

No group claimed responsibility for abducting Farahi and there were no reports of demands for his release

although Islamist militants were suspected.