Afghanistan, Oct. 20 -- Twenty police recruits abducted by unidentified armed men in Pakistan's Balochistan province have been recovered safely, officials said on Tuesday, four days after they were seized while travelling home.
The recruits were recovered from the Mangochar area of Kalat district, according to sources cited by Pakistani newspaper Dawn. A senior police officer told the newspaper that all 20 personnel were "safe and sound." Authorities have not disclosed full details of the recovery operation.
The recruits were abducted on Friday, October 16, while travelling in a private passenger van on the Quetta-Karachi Highway in Mastung district. They were returning home for the weekend from the Kalat Police Training Centre when armed...