{"id":33763,"date":"2009-02-15T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T21:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=33763"},"modified":"2009-02-15T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T21:14:58","slug":"taliban-free-captive-chinese-engineer-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/taliban-free-captive-chinese-engineer-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Free Captive Chinese Engineer in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a gesture of goodwill to accompany their 10-day ceasefire with the Pakistani government, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_in_North-West_Pakistan\">Taliban insurgents in northwestern Pakistan<\/a> on Saturday released Long Xiaowei, one of two Chinese engineers <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/08\/two-chinese-engineers-missing-in-nw-pakistan\/\">kidnapped in late August<\/a>.\u00a0 Long was the insurgents&#8217; one remaining Chinese hostage after <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/10\/chinese-taliban-hostage-escapes\/\">his fellow captive escaped in October<\/a>.\u00a0 From the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2009\/02\/15\/asia\/AS-Pakistan.php?page=1\">International Herald Tribune<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pakistani officials on Sunday hammered out a peace deal with a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_Emirate_of_Waziristan\">Taliban-linked  group<\/a> that could lead to the enforcement of elements of Islamic law in parts of  the northwest, prompting militants in the blood-soaked <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swat,_Pakistan#Taliban_insurgency_and_attacks_on_non-combatants\">Swat Valley<\/a> to declare a  10-day cease-fire as a goodwill\u00a0gesture.<\/p>\n<p>[Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan] announced the militants had freed a Chinese engineer held captive for  nearly six months as a positive gesture. Long Xiaowei \u2014 who was kidnapped in  August \u2014 was freed Saturday, days before a planned visit to China by Pakistani  President Asif Ali\u00a0Zardari.<!-- today in links --><\/p>\n<p>Khan also announced the 10-day\u00a0cease-fire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_33766\" style=\"width: 158px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/29208388\/displaymode\/1176\/rstry\/29207954\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33766\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33766\" title=\"Long Xiaowei\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/long-xiaowei.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese engineer Long Xiaowei makes a call home at the Chinese embassy in Islamabad after six months in captivity. (Photo: AP\/Xinhua, Li Jingchen)\" width=\"148\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese engineer Long Xiaowei makes a call home at the Chinese embassy in Islamabad after six months in captivity. 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