Kidnapping of Asad Qureshi
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Qureshi has British Pakistani origins. He has a reputation as an experienced filmmaker, and prior to being detained, he had been based in Pakistan for over five years. It was not his first visit to Waziristan. In 2009 he made "The Battle of Swat Valley" for the BBC's ''Panorama'', charting the army action taken in Swat against the Taliban. In April 2011 his film ''Defusing Human Bombs'' was screened in Pakistan; it shows the rehabilitation of children kidnapped by the Taliban and trained to be suicide bombers. He had started the film in September 2009 and the project was put on hold when he was kidnapped. He then continued the project after his release.
Usman Punjabi, who planned the kidnap, was killed two weeks before Qureshi's release and Sabir Mehsud, the leader of the Asian Tigers, was himself kidnapped by Hakimullah Mehsud. Sabir Mehsud was tortured and beaten and shot in the face so many times that he was beyond recognition. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Miss Charlotte L. Moss, Ajay Aggarwal, Asad Qureshi, Benjamin Taylor, Teresa Guerrero-Urbano, Mieke Van HemelrijckGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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