The US-Canadian couple and their three children, who were born in captivity, were freed after Pakistani military launched an operation with the help of American assistance after the stern warning. The Pakistani officials had acted within hours.
File photo of a UH-1Y Huey helicopter.
The United States’ Navy SEAL Team was ready to mount a raid deep into Pakistani territory to free an American citizen and her family if the Pakistan government did not act against the Haqqani network — the terror outfit that had kidnapped the family five years ago.
It would have been another humiliating episode for the Pakistani government, reminiscent of the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in 2011. The operation against Osama was conducted by the same Navy SEAL commandos without the knowledge of the Pakistani government.
Officials said that if the Pakistani government did not act decisively to free the family, it would have confirmed their suspicions that it was working in tandem with the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, the New York Times reported.
The US-Canadian couple and their three children, who were born in captivity, were freed after Pakistani military launched an operation with the help of American assistance after the stern warning. The Pakistani officials had acted within hours.
Source: News18