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A kidnapped Pakistani judge has been freed in a late-night operation, police say

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a judge who was kidnapped after gunmen ambushed his vehicle has been freed in a late-night operation. Around 15 men on motorbikes intercepted Judge Shakirullah Marwat’s vehicle as he was traveling toward Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A police official said Monday that Marwat was recovered in an operation carried out by security personnel and law enforcement agencies. There was no claim of responsibility for the kidnap, but a video distributed by counterterrorism officials on Sunday showed the judge saying that the militant Pakistani Taliban group, or TTP, would not release him until their demands were met.

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