Taliban release video of Swiss couple

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Taliban release video of Swiss couple

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The man and woman say they are at risk of being killed.

25 October,2011 09:12 pm

Swiss nationals David Olivier, 31, and Widmar Daniela, 29, were abducted by unidentified gunmen in Loralai on July 1.The videos show the couple calling upon the governments of Switzerland, the United States and Pakistan to release Taliban prisoners in exchange for the two of them.They are shown holding a newspaper dated September 15 with armed masked men behind them. The Swiss foreign ministry did not wish to comment when contacted by AFP, saying only that a crisis group was still working for the release of their two nationals.