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India-Pakistan
Taliban admits kidnapping Swiss couple
2011-07-07

The Taliban says it carried out the kidnapping of two young Swiss tourists in a volatile southwestern Pakistani province four days ago. A spokesman for the militant group has been quoted as saying that the Swiss have been moved from Balochistan to the neighbouring Taliban heartland of South Waziristan near the Afghan border.

The couple, who were travelling across Pakistan in a camper van, were abducted by gunmen on Friday.
They were driving an RV across Pakistan?
The Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that the kidnappers would soon be making their demands, which could include a ransom or exchange of prisoners.

Pakistani officials have not confirmed the information. They said that they were working on the case but that there were no clues so far as to where the Swiss might be.
Posted by:Glaviter Unolush2987

#2  These two hostages are natural born ethnically Swiss from the Emmental region within the Canton of Berne. Both are trained police officers (source in German).

In all likelihood they're terminally naive and ignorant people who missed the news that taking the Hippie Trail became an act of suicidal madness about 30+ years ago.
Posted by: Glaviter Unolush2987   2011-07-07 13:42  

#1  Maybe the "Hi! We're Spies!" t-shirts wasn't such a good idea.

There are more "couples" in Switzerland, who have obtained Swiss citizenship, yet spend all their time globe trotting as "tourists", with little or no visible means of support, uniquely to dangerous trouble spots. I think it is the motif of 2nd rate intelligence agencies.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-07-07 10:43  

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