YouTube video shows Swiss couple kidnapped in Pakistan
YouTube video shows Swiss couple kidnapped in Pakistan 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 speak 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. Pakistani think-tank, the FATA Research Centre, on its website posted links to the videos on YouTube, without saying how it had obtained the video. The organisation, which is dedicated to research on Pakistan's lawless tribal belt on the Afgh...
