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Government authorities searched for the country’s missing ambassador to Afghanistan on Tuesday after he was feared abducted in a tribal area where Taliban militants are active.
The envoy, Tariq Azizuddin, disappearance on Monday when he was heading to the Afghan capital Kabul with his driver when they disappeared in the Khyber tribal district, northwestern region bordering Afghanistan, the foreign office said. “He has gone missing, we are confirming he is missing but at this stage I cannot give you any more details,” foreign office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told AFP.
Security officials said tribal authorities were scouring the rugged area, the site of the famed Khyber Pass linking Afghanistan and Pakistan, and had closed the main road between the two countries. The Pakistan embassy in Kabul said it last had contact with the ambassador on Monday morning as he travelled from Peshawar to Kabul. The Afghan foreign ministry said he was not in Afghanistan.
“We are trying our best to find out what happened,” embassy spokesman Naheem Khan told AFP.
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