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Pakistan gives safe passage to children hostage-takers

Other News Materials 28 January 2008 18:19 (UTC +04:00)

( dpa ) - Pakistani government has given a safe passage to the suspected Islamic militants who took hostage dozens of school children on Monday in North-West Frontier Province, said a senior police official.

"Two local religious leaders held negotiations with the insurgents and on their request we called back all security troops who were surrounding the building," said the police chif in Bannu District, Dar Ali Khattak.

"But the kidnappers have not yet left the building," he added.

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