Mingora (Pakistan), Sept 30: The Pakistan’s unit of the Taliban – Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - have reportedly offered to released the two Chinese engineers, whom they had abducted earlier this month, in exchange for 136 jailed militants.
The extremists also declared a unilateral ceasefire in Swat till the third day of Eidul Fitr, but said that they would retaliate if attacked by Pakistani security forces.
Speaking to journalists on phone from an unspecified place on Monday, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said that the kidnapped engineers of a private Chinese cellular company were ‘safe’ in their custody, reported the Dawn.