PESHAWAR: 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.In the video, which has been posted on YouTube, the man holds up a Pakistani newspaper dated September 15 and the couple speaks Swiss German.
Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 28, appear in relatively good health and call on the Pakistani and Swiss governments to give into the demands of their hostage takers.
Their faces appear to match pictures of the couple that were widely circulated after their kidnapping on July 1. They speak calmly, but kneel before four masked men brandishing their guns at their heads.
The Swiss foreign ministry did not wish to comment when contacted by AFP, saying only that a crisis group was still working for the release of their two nationals.
The couple was snatched while driving through Balochistan.
The Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the abduction in July, demanding that they be
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