Faruk's freedom from deadly captivity

Happily in the end, the news is, he is safe and sound, and we have it on the authority of the foreign minister of Bangladesh that he has been released 'unconditionally'. The days of endless wait for any news of Faruk have come to an end. The trauma and worry his wife and other members of the family had to endure in the 42 days of his captivity could only be conjured up but never truly shared by others.

We are glad that all the efforts made by the government to get him released unharmed have met with success. We commend the foreign ministry for having engaged International Organisation for Migration and the Red Crescent Society in the rescue effort besides making use of the diplomatic channels. We hope that any Bangladeshi working in that region will be doubly careful about their safety from now on.

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Let's express our gratitude to the Sri Lankan ambassador in Kuwait who helped in securing Faruk's release along with that of the abducted Sri Lankan truck driver. In the end, we can not help feel sad about those Nepalese hostages who were killed by their captors. Like Bangladesh, Nepal was not involved in any way with the invasion of Iraq, but some workers from the latter country paid a much heavier price. In any case, kidnapping and killing can never serve any useful purpose.