Taliban demand $375,000 to free Khadija Abdul Qahaar

The taliban is demanding $375,000 (U.S.) ransom for Khadija Abdul Qahaar, A retired journalist who converted to islam after 9/11 and ran jihadunspun a pro-jihad website. You can keep her guys, we don't want her.Globe & Mail

PAKISTAN and VANCOUVER — Taliban insurgents active in Pakistan's lawless tribal region have offered to free a Canadian woman held since November in return for a $375,000 (U.S.) ransom.

The demand came in an interview near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with Qari, a man who preferred to identify himself only by his first name.

Qari says he's a close aide of Gul Bahadur, the Taliban head in the volatile North Waziristan region who is alleged to be responsible for the kidnapping of Beverly Giesbrecht, a West Vancouver woman who was in the area working as a freelance journalist.

Ms. Giesbrecht, 52, also goes by the name, Khadija Abdul Qahaar, after converting to Islam in 2002. She is the publisher of a pro-Islamic website, Jihad Unspun.

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