Pakistan Assures Help To US In Recovering Hostages From Afghanistan: Embassy

Pakistan Embassy in US issued the statement after a report in US media urging Biden administration to "pressurise or offer incentives" to Islamabad to secure the release of an American hostage, said a report.

Pakistan has assured the US that it would continue to assist America and other countries in recovering their hostages from Afghanistan, but only as "a moral duty" and not under coercion or incentives. The statement was issued by the Pakistani Embassy in Washington after a report in US media urging US President Joe Biden's administration to "pressurise or offer incentives" to Islamabad to secure the release of an American hostage, Mark Frerichs, who was captured by the Taliban, reported Dawn. US Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, also urged the Biden administration to use "all the options" and get Frerichs, one of her constituents, back home. Media reports said "pressuring Pakistan to act on a hostage case has succeeded in the recent past" and the Biden administration should also try this option to get Frerichs out of Afghanistan.