Taliban

Taliban

'Risk-taking hostages should pay for rescue'

<p>Several Swiss politicians have called for certain freed hostages to contribute financially to the costs of their rescue.</p>

afghanistan

Swiss ex-hostages speak of Taliban kidnap ordeal

<p>Two Swiss former hostages who escaped their Taliban captors in March after eight months in a Pakistani tribal zone told a newspaper on Sunday of their ordeal, giving a rare glimpse into the torn region.</p>

Taliban

Video emerges of Swiss hostages in Pakistan

<p>A video has emerged showing a Swiss couple kidnapped by the Taliban in Pakistan nearly four months ago, flanked by four masked gunmen pointing rifles at their heads.</p>

Terrorism

Pakistan Taliban say they have Swiss hostages

<p>Pakistan Taliban militants on Friday said they were holding a Swiss couple kidnapped a month ago while on holiday in the remote province of Baluchistan.</p>

Taliban

Swiss hostages moved to Pakistan badlands

<p>A Swiss couple kidnapped on holiday in Pakistan have been smuggled into the tribal belt on the Afghan border, a notorious haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda, a local official said Monday.</p>

Taliban

Pakistan mounts search for Swiss hostages

<p>Pakistan has launched a search operation and engaged tribal elders to help secure the release of a Swiss couple abducted in the insurgency-hit southwest, officials said Saturday.</p>