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Afghan MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar freed by the Taliban
Source: BBC News
Female Afghan MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar has been released by her Taliban kidnappers, the Taliban and Afghan officials say.
She and her children were abducted at gunpoint last month by insurgents in the central province of Ghazni on the main highway from Kabul to Kandahar.
Officials say that she was handed over by the Taliban to local elders on Saturday night.
She was reportedly freed in exchange for five Taliban fighters.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24006680
