Ali Haider Gilani (C), son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, is escorted by Afghan Special Forces personnel from an Afghan National Army helicopter at the Ministry of Defense, in Kabul, on May 11. The son said May 11 he was “looking forward to being reunited with my family,” as he was handed over to Pakistani officials in Kabul after a three-year hostage ordeal. AFP PHOTO
Ali Haider Gilani (C), son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, is escorted by Afghan Special Forces personnel from an Afghan National Army helicopter at the Ministry of Defense, in Kabul, on May 11. The son said May 11 he was “looking forward to being reunited with my family,” as he was handed over to Pakistani officials in Kabul after a three-year hostage ordeal. AFP PHOTO

KABUL: US and Afghan forces freed the kidnapped son of a former Pakistani prime minister during a counter-terrorism mission in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Tuesday, three years after he was kidnapped in a hail of bullets.

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