Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed
Pak drags India into Afghan envoy daughter's abduction row, says incident part of 'hybrid warfare'
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Updated: Jul 21, 2021 04:13 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Pakistan Interior MinisterSheikh Rasheed Ahmed has accused Afghanistan and India of "distorting" the facts related to the kidnapping of the daughter of Afghan envoy in Islamabad, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, the minister said the incident was not a kidnapping and is part of a series of attempts to defame and destabilise Pakistan.
Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Afghan envoy Najibullah Alikhil, was abducted in Pakistan for several hours on Friday and was severely tortured by unknown individuals on her way home. The Pakistan interior minister said that the investigation conducted by the authorities found no evidence of abduction in the incident concerning the ambassador's daughter.